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B & R and EPSG started a cooperation with Altera
04/03/2011
on March 4, 2011
B & R and the Ethernet Powerlink standardization group (EPSG in its acronym in English) announce their cooperation with the company altered to increase the interest and lower cost solutions based on industrial Ethernet. Based on the standard protocol Powerlink, the partnership allows this technology to be used even with reduced price sensors.
In the words of Stefan Schönegger, responsible in B & R of the Open Automation business unit: "our FPGA-based solution is an attractive proposal for component manufacturers." Cooperation with Altera allows us to lower prices of the Powerlink solutions up to 4 euros, being thus more competitive in terms of absolute cost than conventional ASIC. "No other system in real time can offer a very attractive price to manufacturers of components for the world of the industrial Ethernet". Cyclone IV presents an extremely compact design, a reduction in the power consumption of up to 25% (compared to its predecessor) and is easy to integrate into the manufacturing process.
Michael Samuelian of alters (right) and Stefan Schönegger B & r (left) closing the agreement.
"The combination of Powerlink and Cyclone IV FPGA from Altera provides manufacturers of automation components an easy-to-use solution and of low cost and is a real alternative to proprietary solutions based on ASIC technology", notes Michael Samueliandirector of the Industrial business and automotive alters unit. "In addition to Powerlink, in the evaluation of Terasic VIC E Industrial Networking Kit (INK) kit, designers can evaluate other industrial Ethernet on the same hardware platform standards." "This solution of various Ethernet standards on a common platform will help to reduce costs because that will require less designs".
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