May 2023

More often than anyone likes to think, optimizing applications is a lonely business. Users must often deploy sensors, instruments, I/O, controls and networks with far less precedence than they'd prefer about how well they'll work together to fulfill the requirements of individual applications. This know-how is even more important in safety processes, so innovations like Ethernet-Advanced Physical Layer must be evaluated before it can deliver on its promise of allowing Ethernet networking into intrinsically safe and other hazardous areas.