Ethernet

Most used Ethernet protocols

Table provides governing organizations and websites for the most-used Ethernet protocols among 200 respondents to the Control Engineering Mobility, Ethernet, and Wireless Study, November 2013. See also bar chart showing 16 protocols.

The 200 respondents of the Mobility, Ethernet, and Wireless Study, November 2013, said which Ethernet protocols they use. The leading responses were EtherNet/IP, TCP/IP and UDP, Modbus TCP, Profinet, and EtherCAT. Courtesy: Control Engineering

Table of the most used Ethernet protocols follow, according to the Control Engineering Ethernet Study, November 2013. See chart of 16 Ethernet protocols from the study. The leading responses were EtherNet/IP, TCP/IP and UDP, Modbus TCP, Profinet, and EtherCAT.

Protocols Governing organization More info
EtherNet/IP ODVA www.odva.org
TCP/IP and UDP Internet Engineering Task Force www.ietf.org
Modbus TCP Modbus-IDA www.modbus.org
Profinet PI North America www.us.profinet.com
EtherCAT EtherCAT Technology Group www.ethercat.org

For more Ethernet research findings and other Control Engineering research, see: www.controleng.com/ce-research.

– Mark T. Hoske, content manager, CFE Media, Control Engineering, [email protected].

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Mark T. Hoske

Mark Hoske has been Control Engineering editor/content manager since 1994 and in a leadership role since 1999, covering all major areas: control systems, networking and information systems, control equipment and energy, and system integration, everything that comprises or facilitates the control loop. He has been writing about technology since 1987, writing professionally since 1982, and has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree from UW-Madison.