Articles and background information on the topic
At the end of last year, Beckhoff presented 'Ethercat G' as an extension of Ethercat. The gigabit solution has now been officially incorporated into the ETG. ETG Director Martin Rostan comments on the role of 'Ethercat G' - especially with regard to Ethernet TSN.
read more...The OPC Foundation has now announced the official certifiability of OPC UA servers based on version 1.0 of the open OPC UA stack open 62541. To date, the stack is the only open implementation of OPC UA programmed entirely in C.
read more...TSN integrated as layer 2 in Profinet
The user organization Profibus & Profinet International (PI) has completed the integration of TSN as technology for layer 2 - the data link layer - into the Profinet architecture. The Profinet specification V2.4 has been completed and is available for download on the PI website.
read more...Ethernet gets a real-time extension with TSN - and even a new transmission medium with 5G! The impact on all industries will be the focus of the TSN/A Conference on October 8 and 9, 2019.
read more...The OPC Foundation presented the 'Field Level Communication' initiative at SPS IPC Drives 2018. In Hanover, the Foundation now presented a person responsible for this initiative.
read more...Why is the real-time extension of Ethernet so important for industry? When can we expect the first TSN-capable products? Questions that were the focus of the TSN/A Conference 2018. Computer&AUTOMATION captured the content and visitors' voices on camera.
read more...The so-called fieldbus war has been going on for a good 30 years now; users have to deal with around 20 different fieldbus variants! Will this change with TSN plus OPC UA? The negotiations are in full swing!
read more...How quickly and with what consistency is the real-time Ethernet standard TSN being adopted? The TSN/A Conference on September 26 and 27, 2018 explored this question. Over 500 experts learned about the status quo - a review in pictures.
read more...Time Sensitive Networking - TSN for short - is being touted as the future communication standard for industry, the automotive sector and the consumer world. Over 500 participants at the TSN/A Conference at the end of September learned about the status quo of the Ethernet real-time variant.
read more...On October 30, 2018, Texas Instruments announced the first processor family suitable for multi-protocol, gigabit and TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking) operation.
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