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Industrial Ethernet / Ethercat
The Technical Working Group Conformance of the Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) has released version 2.0 of its Conformance Test Tool (CTT) and with it a significantly expanded test set for Ethercat devices.
read more...Belden presented the first switch based on 'IEEE 802.1 real-time Ethernet TSN' for its Hirschmann brand at the Hannover Messe 2016. Computer&AUTOMATION spoke with Dr. Oliver Kleineberg about the present and future of TSN at Belden.
read more...Is OPC UA in conjunction with the real-time Ethernet variant TSN "the" communication standard for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing? The speakers at the "Industrial Ethernet TSN" congress on September 27 in Stuttgart will get to the bottom of this question.
read more...What is currently happening in the fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless sectors? Computer&AUTOMATION has compiled new products in a picture gallery.
read more...Last year, 3 million Profinet devices were launched on the market worldwide, according to the annual survey of the installed portfolio of Profibus & Profinet International (PI). This means that the annual figure for Profinet has surpassed that of Profibus for the first time.
read more...The ODVA has announced a new technical initiative to develop a 'Common Industrial Cloud Interface Specification'. The starting signal for this is to be given in mid-2016 with the formation of a corresponding Special Interest Group (SIG).
read more...At the Hannover Messe, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that the Japanese car manufacturer has opted for Ethercat as its industrial Ethernet technology and intends to use it in its new factories around the world.
read more...esd has a new PCI Express Ethercat slave interface: The ECS PCIe/FPGA can be used to add Ethercat slave functionality to any PC.
read more...Will fieldbuses soon have to give way to Ethernet technology in the industrial environment? Two automation experts, Michael Volz and Heinrich Munz, explain their views.
read more...Automotive Ethernet Congress 2016
The success of Ethernet in cars is raising expectations: Transmission speeds of up to 10 GB/s or its use in aircraft are now being discussed. Interest at the second Automotive Ethernet Congress was correspondingly high.
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