Never used Ethernet with our robots, but as our in-house machinery evolves, it seems to make more and more sense. If someone could verify for me...ALL of my I/O can be controlled, right? I wouldn't need to map my UOP to digital I/O and it would eliminate a TON of wiring...
Do Ethernet comms. allow me to do any other cool things that would otherwise be difficult or impossible? What kinds of data can be shared with my cell controller? Can I get motor information from my robot? Current draws? What is possible? What is impossible?
Basically, if you had to sell me on it, why should I go the Ethernet route? I know, this is kind of a generic question, but please, humor me.