ETHERNET Powerlink, an open standard for real-time Ethernet solutions, provides a digital replacement for traditional control signals, analog demands, and feedback signals. For the advanced control of ...

Early concerns about Ethernet as an automation network included its lack of real-time capabilities. But several new approaches seek to overcome this limitation. One company making waves in the ...

EtherCAT is an open, realtime, and deterministic Ethernet fieldbus standard widely regarded as one of the best industrial networks to date. One reason for its growing use is that it's several orders ...