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News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: Cyclone III
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 July 2007
Budget FPGAs host industrial Ethernet
Altera Corp now offers intellectual property support for the EtherCAT protocol on its low-cost low-power Cyclone III FPGAs.
Giving industrial equipment designers greater flexibility in implementing real-time Ethernet communications, Altera Corp now offers intellectual property (IP) support for the EtherCAT protocol from the EtherCAT Technology Group Previously qualified on Cyclone II devices, the IP now targets Altera's new low-cost, low-power Cyclone III FPGAs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"In the extremely competitive factory automation equipment market, companies are looking to incorporate new functions and features quickly to differentiate their products", says Martin Rostan, Executive Director for the EtherCAT Technology Group.
"With EtherCAT support on Cyclone III FPGAs, designers can easily add real-time Ethernet capabilities in a cost-effective manner".
EtherCAT is the performance leader among real-time industrial Ethernet protocols.
The protocol can update data from over 1000 distributed I/O nodes in 30 microseconds over low-cost twisted pair.
"The addition of EtherCAT on our low-cost Cyclone III devices is the latest example of Altera's commitment to constantly deliver more value to our customers and improve their overall productivity", says Michael Samuelian, Director of Altera's Industrial Business Unit.
Industrial Ethernet solutions using Altera Cyclone series FPGAs are immediately available and are priced as low as US $12.50 in 1000 unit quantities.
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