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摘要

The growing level of automation in machines and systems has increased the volume of data being transferred, above all in real time. 'Industrial Ethernet' is the right and advanced solution to solve this problem. Ethernet technology has been established in the office environment for many years. The same technology has now been extended into the industrial environment down to field level. Products need to meet the requirements of harsh industrial environments. Murrelektronik offers a connector program for these applications. Ethernet solutions, in their earliest form, have been around since the 1970s. In the 1980s the first considerations were made regarding a general standard - Ethernet version 1 from the year 1980 and the ISO/DIS-8802/3 standard from 1985 were important milestones. The 100Mbit/s standard for Fast Ethernet according to IEEE 802.3u from 1995 was also a significant step ahead. Today it is the basis for both Ethernet and Fast Ethernet and it is an established standard for office communication. In factory automation, automation systems used fieldbus systems, for example Profibus. This became a general communication standard. Both Ethernet and fieldbus systems provided advantages in their applications. However, they were not sufficiently compatible. For a long time, this has prevented a standard communication structure from the office level to the field level. Therefore, transferring the Ethernet standards from the office level into the world of automation (Industrial Ethernet) was a significant step.