Not so long ago, the common thinking about industrial Ethernet was that standard 10/100 Ethernet was fine for most plant floor applications outside of high-speed motion control. But that was prior to industry’s focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0. The increased amount of connections and all the flowing data that comes with industrial IoT initiatives has brought up a new round of questions about Gigabit industrial Ethernet and its broader potential in manufacturing.
