Press Conference (June 2021)

Ethernet-APL Launch

Press Conference Video Recording

After 3 years of cooperative development between leading standards development organizations FieldComm Group, ODVA, OPC Foundation and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) and major suppliers to the process industry, work on the 10Mbit/s standard is now complete. Technical specifications, test standards, and two-wire Ethernet physical layer components enabling deployment of high-speed communication field instruments in hazardous process automation environments are now available. Watch the video below to learn about the results of the project as well as an outline of the upcoming activities of the project, including a timeline.