The ETG is a global organization in which OEM, End Users and Technology Providers join forces to support and promote the further technology development.
A matched control and drive system designed for automating the test and measurement of machinery combines National Instruments’ controller and programming environment with Bosch...
A reader questions a statement about Ethernet replacing fieldbus and opens up an interesting discussion about the application and status of both communication technologies.
As a vendor-independent standard that allows on Ethernet, TSN is poised to converge IT and operations networks. But some challenges remain in terms of cost, complexity, and need...
This second installment in a four-part series on key industrial network technologies explains why OPC UA continues to be recognized as the global interoperability method of choice...
As the TSN standard nears completion, excitement is growing over the prospect of bringing IT and OT closer together. Industrial protocol associations have been working hard with...
Though standardization efforts for Time-Sensitive Networking continue at pace, it is still years before industry should expect to see a bumper crop of compatible products.
Neither Ethernet nor fieldbus have all the answers for industrial applications. Suppliers and industry groups are working on ways forward that take into consideration the needs...
Two announcements made at Hannover Fair 2015—one involving the EtherCAT Trade Group and OPC Foundation and the other involving Bosch Rexroth and National Instruments—highlight...
Membership growth at the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has reached another major milestone: With the addition of Airbus Operations GmbH, the ETG recently passed the 3000 member...
The EtherCAT Technology Group, which recently welcomed the organization’s 1000th member from Asia, announced another milestone in the global adoption of this industrial Ethernet...
For one machine builder and its commercial printer customer, advanced servo drive technology and the high-speed motion capabilities of an EtherCAT network were essential upgrades...
An exclusive Automation World survey asks how interest in legacy field bus technology is holding up in the face of industrial Ethernet advances. Results reveal some concerns, ...
Users are taking advantage of the different ways suppliers are exploiting Ethernet and the various communications protocols available to distribute I/O devices.
Engineers know that Ethernet is a stable and well-known industrial network, but building determinism into the network to enable control has been an issue that is now solvable....
Now sanctioned by global industry standards, safety networks are increasingly desirable in the U.S. Here’s how both process industry users and manufacturing machine users benefit...
