Ethernet as a field network: PROFINET standard

For a long time restricted to the field of industrial communication networks, Ethernet is now proving its worth as a field network, thanks to the technological developments of recent years, such as Fast Ethernet, switches and full duplex mode. PROFINET is the industrial Ethernet standard for industrial automation developed by the PROFIBUS International association, which takes into account existing field networks such as PROFIBUS, hence its name, a contraction of PROFIBUS and Ethernet. .