On the accuracy of the distributed clock mechanism in EtherCAT

IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - Proceedings, WFCS

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 43-52

  Cena, Gianluca ^a   Bertolotti, Ivan Cibrario ^a   Scanzio, Stefano ^a   Valenzano, Adriano ^a   Zunino, Claudio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE TIMING; CONTROL APPLICATIONS; DISTRIBUTED CLOCKS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; REAL NETWORKS; REAL TIME ETHERNET; SYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONS;

CLOCKS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FACTORY AUTOMATION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 77957599301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WFCS.2010.5548638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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