SERCOS III - Hard Real-Time in Third Generation

SERCOS interface, the digital drive interface, has become a worldwide accepted networking standard for distributed motion control applications over the last decade. SERCOS is particularly interesting due to its outstanding technical features like real time capabilities, performance, noise immunity, and last but not least a very large variety of products and suppliers.
The formula for the Third SERCOS generation is therefore: 'Combining Ethernet's physics and protocol with the proven mechanisms of SERCOS interface'. This combination offers new and innovative options for the future automation technology and greater SERCOS "Interopertability".