Keywords: industrial communication, automation, Anybus, HMS Industrial Networks, AS-Interface, Bluetooth, CANopen, CC-Link, ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, FIPIO, Interbus, Lonworks, Modbus-Plus, Modbus-RTU, Modbus-TCP, Profibus, Profinet, USB, slave module, master module, gateway, protocol converter, embedded communication module