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EtherCAT Portal - Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
EtherCAT Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for EtherCAT. EtherCAT is an open high performance Ethernet-based fieldbus system. The development goal of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet to automation applications which require short data update times (also called cycle times) with low communication jitter (for synchronization purposes) and low hardware costs.
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Articles
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Can gigabit Ethernet improve industrial control network performance?
- 03/14/12 Control Engineering By Joey Stubbs, EtherCAT Technology Group Where does it really make sense to use gigabit Ethernet and 100 Mbit Ethernet in the field today? Do you need the speed? Maybe all you need is EtherCAT, a 100 Mbit-based industrial Ethernet system that provides the ability to update hundreds of servo axes in less than a millisecond. |
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Industrial Ethernet Applications Expand
- 03/14/12 Design News By Al Presher The new battleground in machine and motion control networking is now centered on industrial Ethernet and competing networking protocols and standards. EtherCAT is among the new networks. |
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Don't Over-Specify Ethernet Switches
- 03/12/12 Industrial Networking, February 2012 By Scott Wohnrade, Network Engineer For light manufacturing and assembly operations, industrially hardened Ethernet switches can be overkill, with added features that are not worth the high upfront costs. |
Application Stories
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Check Weigher Serves Food Production Lines
- 03/09/12 Automation.com, March 2012 Friesen’s increases check weigher system speed by 31% and reduces downtime by 22% using open PC- and EtherCAT-based controls |
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Performance Art and Automation Converge with EtherCAT
- 03/09/12 Automation.com, March 2012 Flying by Foy specializes in sophisticated automation for performer flying effects. An EtherCAT-enabled Pegasus Automation System propels performers to soaring new heights. |
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Rockwell Automation System controls Chocolate Manufacturing
- 01/19/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Rockwell Automation By using Rockwell Automation’s controllers, EtherNet/IP, servo drives and FactoryTalk software, Hershey brings together all aspects of its chocolate production line. |
Resources & Literature
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Industrial Ethernet, 2nd Edition - $69.00
This best-seller is a convenient installation, troubleshooting, and reference tool on one of the hottest topics in automation and process control. It will help you understand Ethernet and TCP/IP terminology and provide important information about industrial protocols and standards. |
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Online Product Guide
- 09/26/11 The EtherCAT Product Guide lists EtherCAT products and services as submitted by ETG member companies. Even though the guide already contains over 300 entries there are many more which have not been entered yet. |
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EtherCAT Technology Group Announces Safety Development Package
- 12/09/10 A package to develop new Safety over EtherCAT solutions is now available for automation system vendors. |
Training & Seminars
Product Announcements
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Lenze adds PROFINET and EtherCAT to 8400 Motec Drives
- 05/22/12
PROFINET and EtherCAT make it possible to seamlessly integrate the relatively simple variable speed 8400 motec drives into existing, high-performance communications networks. |
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Beckhoff Releases Machine-Mounted EP1908 EtherCAT Box
- 05/17/12
Certified for use throughout North America, the EP1908 EtherCAT Box has eight 24V DC safety inputs, which can be used to connect safety sensors via rugged and reliable M12 connectors. |
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Beckhoff introduces KL85 manual operating modules
- 04/19/12
KL85 digital and analog I/O modules mount on the outside of control cabinet doors for manual machine intervention and moniotoring, and xonnect via Ethernet, EtherCAT, DeviceNet or PROFIBUS. |
Company & Organization News
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Elmo Motion Control drives gain EtherCAT Approval
- 04/23/12 Gold Servo Drives have passed the rigorous EtherCAT Conformance Tests. |
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Texas Instruments EtherCAT Microprocessor now available
- 03/09/12 Tthe Texas Instruments Sitara microprocessor with EtherCAT slave interface announced in April 2011 is now available with a Beckhoff protocol stack. |
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EtherCAT now a Korean National Standard
- 03/09/12 EtherCAT was accepted as a Korean Industrial Standard (KS) by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards. |