Current Developments
Recently a number of Ethernet-based industrial communication systems have been established, most of them with extensions for real-time communication. These have the potential to replace the traditional fieldbuses in the long term.
Here is a partial list of the new Ethernet-based industrial communication systems:
- AFDX
- EtherCAT
- EtherNet/IP
- Ethernet Powerlink
- BACnet
- PROFINET IO
- PROFINET IRT
- SafetyNET p
- SERCOS III
- TTEthernet
- VARAN
- RAPIEnet
For details, see the article on Industrial Ethernet
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