The add-on can operate as a standard EtherCAT drive that accepts the CAN application protocol over EtherCAT (CoE).
July 24, 2014 - Ingenia Motion Control added a hardware plug-in module for EtherCAT. to its family of servo drives. The module incorporates a Slave interface providing instant connectivity to EtherCAT networks. The hardware add-on can operate as a standard EtherCAT drive that accepts the CAN application protocol over EtherCAT (CoE). The module provides a 2-port 100 Mbit/s interface with standard RJ45 connectors.
Why EtherCAT:
Precise synchronization -True distributed motion control -Multi-axis with real-time positioning -Wide acceptance in IT and industry -Deterministic network -Global, with more than 1,300 members