An electronic survey of Industrial Networking readers was conducted in August, 2013, in order to identify usage and application trends of Industrial Ethernet among the magazine's readership.
At 84%, PLCs top the list of Industrial Ethernet -enabled equipment planned for installation in the next 18 months. HMI (72%) and remote I/O (70%) round out the top three for planned purchases of Ethernet -enabled equipment.
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