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SINGLE PAIR ETHERNET: THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IIOT
Connecting industrial data from field to cloud.
As industrial automation becomes increasingly connected, Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) helps provide the foundation for a scalable IIoT infrastructure. Market trends such as device miniaturization, increasing operational efficiency, and remote power delivery are driving demand for simpler and more scalable network architectures. SPE helps provide a single, open, and scalable Ethernet-based network across automation systems, supporting seamless communication from the field level to higher-layer networks. Traditionally, fast 100 Mbps Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connections required multiple wire pairs for data transmission. With SPE, data and power can be transmitted over a single pair of wires through power over data line (PoDL). This helps reduce cabling complexity, lower system costs, and supports more flexible and efficient industrial automation designs.
Single Pair Ethernet, or SPE, enables ethernet transmission with two wires, rather than eight. For years, TE Connectivity has been driving innovation in the automotive industry with this smaller, lighter, smarter technology. TE is now bringing SPE’s powerful advantages to the infrastructure for the Industrial Internet of Things.
SPE is the starting point for new product developments and connectivity solutions. Based on transmission standards in accordance with IEEE 802.3, the new Single Pair Ethernet technology has just been integrated into new generations of automobiles and replaces controller area network (CAN) and other bus systems there. Controls, communication and safety functions are going to run uniformly on Ethernet in the future. Now it is time to bring these advantages to industrial automation.
As an enabler of IIOT it allows virtually barrier-free communication from the sensor to the cloud. It provides movement freedom to IIoT applications and makes miniaturization possible with power over data line (PoDL) and hybrid connector solutions. SPE facilitates an open ecosystem, allowing real-time and high-speed communication connections up to 1 Gb/s and cable length up to 1000 meters for 10 MB/s.
- IP20 and IP67 connector solutions
- TE’s data solution with PoDL capabilities up to 50 W
- TE’s hybrid power data solution (power levels beyond PoDL 24 V up to 100 W and 48 V up to 400 W) for easy power distribution (utilizing existing power infrastructures)
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SPE Industrial Partner Network
TE Connectivity is proud to be a founding partner of the SPE Industrial Partner Network. Together with all members we are driving this technology to become a standard in the industry. The SPE/T1 Partner Program brings together strong brands for the purpose of jointly communicating and positioning the technology of Single Pair Ethernet on the industrial market. The SPE market is being developed to open up new business opportunities. For users, this means a simple picture of IIoT in conjunction with Single Pair Ethernet, with clarity and transparency across the board - from standardization to the components and devices and through to the applications.
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