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A universal network for in-car control systems?
Here’s an interesting question: could Ethernet oust CAN, LIN, MOST, FlexRay and others to deliver a universal network for in-car control systems? The modern car can incorporate as many as 70 embedded computers, networked by a host of different networking … Continue reading
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Connecting the old to the new
Long before 10BaseT Ethernet established as the dominant standard for industrial network installations, 10Base2 that ruled the roost as the primary 10Mbit/s technology. It’s been variously referred to as cheapernet, thin Ethernet, thinnet and thinwire, and it used thin coaxial … Continue reading
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Industrial Ethernet riding out the storm
What effect, we wonder, might ehglobal recession be having on the spread of industrial Ethernet? If the latest info from IMS Research are correct, then the answer is some impact, but not a devastating one. Although over 5 million new … Continue reading
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European Industrial Ethernet Award goes to Danish students
You know a technology has really arrived when it gets an award attached to it. So B&R’s European Industrial Ethernet Award can be seen as much more than just a bit of fun – it’s a real indicator of the … Continue reading
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What are the prospects for industrial Ethernet components market in China?
That is the question being asked as China begins to feel the sting of the global recession – although in real terms that only means that it’s overall economic growth has dropped to a still-impressive 8%. No surprise then that … Continue reading
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The Asia Pacific market for industrial Ethernet
Building on a report for the global industrial networking market based on the shipments of sixteen major industrial product groups, new research is now breaking down that info by geographical region, segmenting the world in EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific, … Continue reading
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Where Ethernet falls down over fieldbus
If there is one complaint that recurs over and again with industrial Ethernet installations, then it is with the difficulty in dealing with star topologies. If you have ten devices, then typically instead of a simple ring you’ll need at … Continue reading
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Profinet sees 40% growth in installed base
It’s not easy to get accurate or reliable figures on the growth of the various industrial Ethernet technologies, but the Profibus Group has come out and stated that its number of Profinet node installations grew to 1.6 million by the … Continue reading
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A New Approach to Measuring the Industrial Networking Market
New figures and estimates for the size of the industrial networking market have emerged, with IMS Research reckoning that over 26 million new nodes were installed in industrial automation networks in 2007. IMS arrived at this estimate by analysing 16 … Continue reading
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Meeting the needs of ITS networks
With traffic congestion a growing problem across the globe, measures of the cost of this congestion make frightening reading. Unreliable and lengthy journeys take valuable time out of every day, with implications of cost to businesses and individuals. Around the … Continue reading
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