Standards
Standards that has been successfully and widely adopted wring costs out of the machine controllers.
EtherCAT
EtherCAThas changed the economics for how machines are built. EtherCAT is a disruptive standard that was first adopted by the Semiconductor industry and is now being adopted by major CNC vendors around the world.
PLCopen
PLCopen can now serve as an integration platform for controlling multiple machines like a cobot load/load to CNC machine … All through EtherCAT
OPC-UA
OPC-UA when combined with Windows RTOS like KINGSTAR or RTX64, OPC-UA because the conduit for secure cloud connectivity to enable IoT in the future
TSN
Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of IEEE standards for Ethernet networking that enables deterministic communication and guarantees timely delivery of critical data.
Modbus
Modbus is a data communications protocol originally published by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Modbus has become a de facto standard communication protocol and is now a commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices.
The Modbus protocol uses character serial communication lines, Ethernet, or the Internet protocol suite as a transport layer. Modbus supports communication to and from multiple devices connected to the same cable or Ethernet network. For example, there can be a device that measures temperature and another device to measure humidity connected to the same cable, both communicating measurements to the same PC.