A field guide to industrial Ethernet
PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, and TSN serve different masters. What each was designed for and how to tell them apart.
ODVA
Standards body for CIP and EtherNet/IP.
The standards organization behind CIP, EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, and related technologies, including conformance testing for multi-vendor interoperability.
See also: CIP · EtherNet/IP
In depth
PROFINET vs EtherNet/IP vs EtherCAT: a selection guide
Compare PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and EtherCAT on synchronization, cycle time, topology, tooling, and ecosystem — and pick the protocol your plant can live with.
EtherNet/IP and CIP messaging: explicit vs implicit, RPI, and assemblies
How the Common Industrial Protocol really moves data — connected and unconnected messaging, produced/consumed tags, and sizing connection loads.