Benchmark leader in real-time Ethernet solutions

Berlin – Representatives of the POWERLINK user organization EPSG found themselves all alone at an interview held by Continental Automotive System at this year`s B?blingen Automatisierungstreff and at a VDMA user workshop in Frankfurt. On both occasions, they presented POWERLINK, a real-time com-munication system with currently 210,000 nodes in 28,000 series machines and more than 200 machine builders. Either none of their competitors fulfilled the requirements for these events, or they did not even face the comparison.

The task for participants in B?blingen was clearly defined: The benchmark aimed at reviewing the potential of real-time Ethernet solutions in machine communication and comparing concepts and their possibilities. The essential eligibility criteria were the following: communication via real-time Ethernet based on standard infrastructure components, vendor independence and avoidance of proprietary ASIC solutions. Only POWERLINK faced up to this challenge and succeeded in convincing the audience.

The goal of the VDMA user workshop in Frankfurt was to determine the matur-ity of real-time Ethernet solutions on the basis of a number of implemented projects. The users, not the manufacturers were invited to report their experi-ences. And again, only POWERLINK users were able to present continuous series applications.

From: http://www.ethernet-powerlink.org