Scheduled traffic, preemption, and time sync on standard Ethernet — what TSN guarantees, what it still needs, and where it meets the fieldbus.
EtherNet/IP
EtherNet/IP and the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).
PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, and TSN serve different masters. What each was designed for and how to tell them apart.
IndexODVA: EtherNet/IP and CIP technology (odva.org)
ODVA's technology pages covering EtherNet/IP, CIP, DeviceNet, and conformance testing for multi-vendor interoperability.
IndexIEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) (ieee802.org)
The IEEE 802.1 working group's TSN pages: task group, published standards (Qbv, Qbu, CB, Qcc), and ongoing projects.
Terms in this topic
- CIP
- Object-based application layer behind EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet.
- EtherNet/IP
- CIP over standard Ethernet; Rockwell/ODVA ecosystem.
- ODVA
- Standards body for CIP and EtherNet/IP.