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Seminar covers Sercos developments
Free one-day seminars on the latest advances for the Sercos interface for motion, safety and I/O have been scheduled for 14 September in the Minneapolis area and on 16 September in Atlanta.
News from Engineeringtalk, 21 August 2009
Festo chooses real-time Ethernet standard
As Festo's first Sercos customer, Durr will be integrating Festo solutions into the Durr EcoRPC robot guidance system.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 May 2008
Safety specification is added to Sercos III
Users of Sercos III real-time Ethernet technology can now rely on an established network-spanning safety protocol.
News from Engineeringtalk, 28 April 2008
Alliance targets safety-critical software
Ixxat is to develop a portable stack software for the CIP Safety on Sercos safety protocol.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 January 2008
Specification links Sercos with IP networks
Protocol allows standard Ethernet IP communication with a Sercos III network both during cyclic real-time network operation and during non-real-time operation.
News from Engineeringtalk, 31 December 2007
Chinese office takes Sercos to Asia
Beijing hosts the organisation's fourth office that serves as a contact point for developers and users.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 December 2007
Sercos III is recognised by IEC standards
With the third generation, Sercos not only increases speed, but now also enables the use of Cat5 copper cables in addition to optical fibre waveguides.
News from Engineeringtalk, 30 November 2007
Bus receives soft master implementation support
Sercos III is set to become only bus on the market that offers both hardware and software-based master implementations
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 May 2007
Sercos interoperability demonstrated in Chicago
The Sercos interface trade associations will exhibit a Sercos interoperability demo at Pack Expo 2006, from 29th October to 2nd November, at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 September 2006
International association adopts new name
Interests Group Sercos Interface has changed its name to Sercos International to reflect the worldwide use and acceptance of Sercos interface technology.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 June 2006
Profile connects distributed control functions
A new profile standardises the interconnection of motion controllers using the new Sercos III Industrial Ethernet-based standard for motion control.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 May 2006
Sercos products show up in Hanover
The Sercos Controller-to-Controller Profile specification for interconnecting distributed controls in modular machines and systems was released at Hanover Fair 2006.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 May 2006
Sercos I/O specification set for release
The Sercos I/O Technical Working Group is preparing a specification for an extended device profile for I/O, based on the existing Sercos communication protocol.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 December 2005
Sercos III controller to run on Altera FPGAs
A new core for use with Altera Cyclone II FPGAs will simplify the creation of Sercos III controllers, the new Ethernet-based implementation interface for motion control and factory automation.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 December 2005
Protocol extension adds safety to Sercos
The Sercos safety concept is a protocol extension, which is compatible with the established transmission mechanisms of the Sercos interface.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 December 2005
Sercos suppliers come together in Nurenberg
Eleven members of Sercos Interface participated in a joint booth at last month's SPS/IPC/Drives trade fair in Nurenberg, presenting their Sercos products and components in a joint Sercos booth.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 December 2005
Automata to adopt Sercos III IP core
Sercos Interface has licensed Automata, a specialist in industrial automation and communication technology, to use the Sercos III IP core for its own products and customer-specific projects.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 December 2005
Sercos interface celebrates 20th anniversary
At the recent EMO machine tool show the Sercos trade associations commemorated 20 years of successful development and application of the Sercos interface for digital controls, drives, I/O and sensors.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 November 2005
Motion control interface comes as FPGA code
New FPGA-based controllers for Sercos III, the new Ethernet-based implementation of the Sercos interface for motion control, are now available.
News from Engineeringtalk, 12 August 2005
New profile to focus on distributed control
The Sercos trade organisations have set up a new technical working group to specify a profile for distributed control functions in modular machines and systems.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 May 2005
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