Industrial Ethernet Protocols, Tools & Hardware for Faster Factory Automation

In this EdgeVerse Techcast episode, NXP welcomes port to the company and explains how the acquisition brings 30+ years of industrial communications expertise to deliver certifiable hardware and software for factory automation. Denis Noël discusses port's real-time protocol stacks—including PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, CANopen, and Modbus—and how tight integration with NXP industrial chips like the i.MX RT1180 MCU and i.MX94 MPU (with networking switch) accelerates development, improves interoperability, and supports ongoing protocol and security maintenance, including cybersecurity regulations such as the European Cyber Resilience Act.

Episode Resources:

• www.nxp.com/port
• i.MX RT1180 EVK
• FRDM i.MX RT1186
• Remote I/O platform

00:00 Welcome and Why It Matters

00:54 Meet Denis and Port

01:37 What Port Does

02:54 Protocols Supported

04:14 Hardware Software Advantage

05:39 Tools Services Security

06:43 Developer Kits and Getting Started

08:27 Future of Factory Automation

10:33 Recap and Next Steps

11:44 Wrap Up and Subscribe