Making Real-Time Ethernet a Reality

Why Ethernet? Due to the worldwide deployment of Ethernet in office environments, there is increasing demand for using this technology for networking time-critical embedded applications, too. Seamless transparent communication from within the application to the outside world, based on one single standard, device availability and familiarity with this technology are the main advantages.

By Control Engineering Staff November 3, 2004

Why Ethernet? Due to the worldwide deployment of Ethernet in office environments, there is increasing demand for using this technology for networking time-critical embedded applications, too. Seamless transparent communication from within the application to the outside world, based on one single standard, device availability and familiarity with this technology are the main advantages.

ETHERNET Powerlink Standardization Group (5 page pdf)