When choosing the Ethernet technology that might best fit your industrial system, you first need to have some base information: • How many I/O points do you have? • How fast do you need the ...

A decade ago, communications in machines took place on a point-to-point basis. If you were building a multi-axis system, you would have to wire 15 wires per axis from the drive to the controller. If ...

Blueprint topics covered in this chapter: This chapter covers the following subtopics from the Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching written exam blueprint. Refer to the full blueprint in Table I-1 in the ...

Ethernet is the foundation of modern Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking. While Ethernet is well understood and defined, what is perhaps significantly less known is that there are different types ...

In modern industrial automation, reliable connectivity is the backbone of stable system performance. Among the many industrial connector standards available today, M12 connectors have become one of ...

Cat 8 is overkill for most, but if you want the best of the best in terms of shielding and performance, it's as good as it gets. This particular gold-plated version comes in sizes from 1.5 to 150 feet ...