Citing what it called “an important milestone,” the EtherCat Technology Group (ETG, www.ethercat.org) announced on July 13 that the Safety-over-EtherCat Protocol has been accepted unanimously by the ...

San Jose, Calif., July 29, 2013—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the availability of a fully verified EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) protocol intellectual ...

San Jose, Calif. -- July 18, 2007-- Giving industrial equipment designers greater flexibility in implementing real-time Ethernet communications, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced ...

While many people are familiar with the application of Ethernet technology in the office and in the wider communications market, fewer may be aware of the protocol's application in the industrial ...

EtherCAT is among the leading communications standards based on Ethernet that is used increasingly for networking and communications in the industrial or factory environment for input/output (I/O) ...

Timing is everything—especially when you’re coordinating a mix of lights, lasers, pyrotechnics and large moving objects that share the stage with live performers. That’s why, earlier this year, Image ...

EtherCAT is an open, realtime, and deterministic Ethernet fieldbus standard widely regarded as one of the best industrial networks to date. One reason for its growing use is that it's several orders ...

The new EtherCAT I/O housing standard speeds integration and scales with your automation needs.

Last week, we told you about the ubiquity of 10G Ethernet, as new applications arrive for 10-Gbit speeds in vertical applications. But in the industrial realm, slower Ethernet speeds on the factory ...

The motion control specialist's new offerings include integrated‑drive actuators with four‑Wire CANopen and an EtherCAT LPA series.

“Customers have wanted to leverage the performance of the EtherCAT protocol IP in the FPGA for some time, but have always been hampered by licensing costs,” said Brian Jentz, director, industrial ...