NEC Electronics has developed a new family of industrial ethernet physical layers (PHY) which the company says will offer ‘best-in-class’ industrial connectivity.

The new family of PHYs is designed for connecting to 10Base-T and 100Base-TX/FX, and will offer high-speed industrial connectivity and advanced cable diagnostics.

The new line-up is optimised for existing industrial ethernet protocols used in industrial automation products.
According to NEC, the use of industrial ethernet has consistently ramped up in recent years and now has a wider use in automation systems throughout the industry.

The PHYs address this expansion and answer the needs of system designers in the industrial automation market to interconnect industrial controllers from different manufacturers throughout a process plant.