Softing announces the availability of Access IP, an Industrial Ethernet solution jointly developed by Altera und Softing. The product provides a quick and inexpensive way for field device manufacturers to implement a fully interoperable Industrial Ethernet platform with no license negotiation and no up-front licensing costs. Access IP combines Softing’s intellectual property (IP) core and software stack with Altera’s FPGA, and is currently available for PROFINET RT/IRT, Ethernet POWERLINK and EtherCAT. Further protocols are being developed.
“Our customers are very interested in the integration of Industrial Ethernet using FPGA technology”, says Frank Iwanitz, Product Manager for Industrial Ethernet at Softing. “By simplifying the licensing structure so that there are no up-front licensing costs, no per-unit royalty reporting and no time-consuming license negotiations, we now offer easy access to leading Industrial Ethernet protocols and give field device manufacturers an easy way to integrate FPGA based Industrial Ethernet technologies.”
Access IP is distributed by Altera: www.altera.com/industrialethernet. Tailored development and engineering services are provided by Softing on request. For more information on Access IP: http://industrial.softing.com/index.php?id=2168
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