Single-pair Ethernet (SPE) is gaining recognition as a streamlined industrial networking solution that simplifies how components in machine design communicate, power and integrate. Simon Seereiner, Single-Pair Ethernet System Alliance (SPESA) board director, and business development manager at Weidmuller Global, describes single-pair Ethernet as “standard Ethernet on just two wires,” noting that the technology was first incorporated successfully in automotive systems for autonomous driving networks. “If you drive a modern car—a Tesla, for example—you are already sitting inside a single-pair Ethernet network…it brought so many benefits to the industry,” he said during the briefing. “You get higher density of connectors, smaller cable needs, lighter cable, smaller bend radius,” he said. Single-pair Ethernet leverages standard Ethernet protocols to integrate with existing infrastructure and software ecosystems, according to Crawford.