XILINX DELIVERS SERCOS III REAL-TIME ETHERNET SOLUTION

XILINX DELIVERS SERCOS III REAL-TIME ETHERNET SOLUTION

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world’s leading programmable logic supplier, announced immediate availability of a SERCOS III real-time Ethernet solution. The low-cost Spartan™-3 FPGA enabled SERCOS III solution provides a low-cost flexible alternative for industrial networking applications. SERCOS III is supported by SERCOS International e.V., the world-wide user organization for SERCOS technology.

Both the SERCOS III master and slave are hosted by a single Spartan-3 FPGA on the Xilinx industrial networking platform. “FPGAs offer an ideal platform for the diverse requirements within industrial automation. The flexibility and scalability of the Spartan-3 devices provide an ideal platform for innovative and cost-efficient automation products,” stated Peter Lutz, managing director of SERCOS International.“

Due to its real time capabilities and performance, the SERCOS III interface has become a widely accepted Ethernet-based networking standard worldwide,” said Niladri Roy, senior manager for ISM at Xilinx. “The implementation of SERCOS III on the Spartan-3 generation not only adds to our growing library of industrial networking IP, the solution allows for the most optimized application of SERCOS III and effective cost management for a broad spectrum of customers.”