Renesas is aiming at industrial controllers by building an entire Profinet interface inside an RJ45 connector. EtherCAT and EtherNet/IP versions will follow once associated software is ready. The hardware is accompanied by software to support the industrial Ethernet protocol stacks. Dubbed I-RJ45, there are single and dual port versions “which simplify integration for industrial Ethernet ...

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