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EtherCAT celebrates 10th anniversary

  • December 6, 2013
  • News

It has now been 10 years since the organization first began its activities at the 2003 SPS IPC Drives show with 33 official founding members.

Industrial Ethernet Growing but Fieldbus Remains Dominant

  • November 11, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor While industrial Ethernet is being adopted at a high rate, the majority of connected nodes (73%) are still traditional networks like DeviceNet, PROFIBUS, Modbus, SERCOS, Foundation Fieldbus, ASi, and others. In order to gain a clearer understanding of the trends, I spoke with Tom Moore, Research Analyst at IHS's Electronics and Media Group.

Industrial Ethernet Architecture & Cyber Security Risks

  • October 14, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor As Industrial Ethernet protocols have proliferated on the factory floor, IP devices have become vulnerable to cyber threats. Ironically, while the importance of cyber security protection is being emphasized, the industrial Ethernet protocol associations have no firm plans to migrate to new Ethernet standards that offer higher cyber security protection.

EtherCAT Test Center in China issues first certificate

  • September 20, 2013
  • News

The EtherCAT Test Center (ETC) in China issued its first official Chinese conformance certificate to Tsino Dynatron Electrical Technology.

EtherCAT Roadshow tours North America

  • September 20, 2013
  • News

From October 15th to 24th, 2013, no-charge full-day seminars on the subject of EtherCAT technology will be held across the U.S. and Canada. The seminars are educational events delivered by the foremost EtherCAT experts from the ETG and the sponsoring companies.

Altera offers license-free EtherCAT Protocol software for FPGAs

  • August 5, 2013
  • News

Altera’s solutions implement both the protocol IP and software stack into an FPGA using programmable logic and a soft embedded processor.

EtherCAT in mobile applications

  • August 1, 2013
  • Feature

By Dr. Guido Beckmann, EtherCAT Technology Group EtherCAT is an open, real-time capable communication system which is widely used in manufacturing automation and, due to its properties, is also ideal for mobile applications such as heavy vehicles.

EtherCAT Releases Device Standard for Semiconductor Industry

  • July 10, 2013
  • News

ETG.5003-1 standard covers nine specific device profiles for the semiconductor industry.

Happy Birthday Ethernet!

  • June 27, 2013
  • News

IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) was first approved as an IEEE standard on 23 June 1983 and since then has been regularly updated. Now that it's 30 years old, can we trust it?

Beckhoff Growth Continues with New NA Headquarters

  • June 21, 2013
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor On May 30, 2013, I attended the grand opening of Beckhoff Automation’s new $8 million North American headquarters. The facility features a training center, an ESD-protected PC repair center, and a building automation system based on Beckhoff‘s own hardware and software.