EtherCAT is among the leading communications standards based on Ethernet that is used increasingly for networking and communications in the industrial or factory environment for input/output (I/O) ...

Timing is everything—especially when you’re coordinating a mix of lights, lasers, pyrotechnics and large moving objects that share the stage with live performers. That’s why, earlier this year, Image ...

For building scalable, distributed motion control systems, the latest AKD servo drives and AKM servo motors simplify setup and configuration for deploying custom motion applications to any NI ...

EtherCAT is an open, realtime, and deterministic Ethernet fieldbus standard widely regarded as one of the best industrial networks to date. One reason for its growing use is that it's several orders ...

Microchip Technology introduced the availability of its LAN9252, a stand-alone EtherCAT® slave controller with two 10/100 PHYs. This highly integrated device’s dual 10/100 Ethernet transceivers ...

Once a bastion of proprietary systems, the automation industry has increasingly opened itself up to partnerships with both complementary and, potentially, competitive companies (see links at the ...