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Top Industrial Ethernet Technologies Compared

June 17, 2013
Sponsored by B&R
EPSG has published a comprehensive overview of today’s five major industrial Ethernet technologies: PROFINET, POWERLINK, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, and SERCOS III. In the publication of Ethernet facts, the organization presents a comparison of each protocol evaluating factors such as investment viability, performance, ease of implementation, and safety functionalities.

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