Easy Integration of Industrial Ethernet into Field Devices

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 Et