Elias Ahmed, Sr., Altera

• Synchronizing Mechatronic Systems in Real Time Using FPGAs and Industrial Ethernet Communications

  Sari Germanos, Technology Marketing Manager, Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group B&R Industrial Automation Corp., Wolfgang Seiss B&R Industrial Automation Corp., and Elias Ahmed, Sr. Altera

  This paper will outline some of the major Industrial Ethernet communications protocols in use today, and then present an example implementation of an open source protocol (Ethernet POWERLINK) implemented on an FPGA.