Articles & News on EtherCAT

Diagnostics with EtherCAT - Part 1

• July 23, 2014
• Feature

By EtherCAT Technology Group EtherCAT provides a powerful diagnostic mechanism that can be used by master applications to monitor the network status synchronously with the communication cycle. Master applications such as PLC programs can therefore react immediately to any error condition within the network with a simple evaluation of the Working Counter in the application software.

Beckhoff Automation announces Kevin Barker as President

• February 14, 2019
• News

As the new president, Barker will oversee all sales, engineering, marketing and administrative operations from the headquarters of Beckhoff Automation LLC in Savage, Minn. (Minneapolis area).

EtherCAT Technology Group announces vendor-independent diagnosis interface

• December 5, 2018
• News

The software-based interface can be implemented in controllers offered by any device manufacturer, which makes it an interesting feature to vendors of both master devices and diagnostic tools.

EtherCAT Technology Group announces Dmitry Dzilno election to Board of Directors

• December 4, 2018
• News

Dzilno has been instrumental in making EtherCAT a fieldbus in chip manufacturing. He is currently Head of Engineering at the ALD Division as Managing Director and Senior Principal Member of Technical Staff at AMAT.

Safety over EtherCAT approved as Chinese National Standard

• October 5, 2018
• News

EtherCAT itself has been a Chinese recommended standard since 2014. With FSoE now also reaching this official status, end users, system integrators and device manufacturers alike have the reassurance that the entire EtherCAT technology ecosystem is fully accepted in China

Beckhoff Automation announces opening of Carlsbad, California Office

• October 4, 2018
• News

Beckhoff Automation to highlight EtherCAT and TSN networking, Smart Factory technologies at Hannover

• August 14, 2018
• News

Beckhoff will exhibit in the Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives (IAMD) USA section in booth 134417. During the show, Beckhoff will also support the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) at partner booth 134117.

Digital Factory Comes into Focus at Hannover Messe 2018

• by Bill Lydon
• May 22, 2018
• Feature

Resembling more a bustling city than a trade fair, the 71st Hannover Messe was very busy and chock full of energy and innovation this year, with over 200,000 attendees from 75 countries. Focusing on the theme 'Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate', the Digital Factory was front and center.

Moxa, Hirschmann, Hilscher and Xilinx to implement TSN stream adaptation functionality in their TSN

• May 8, 2018
• News

This will allow users to directly connect EtherCAT slave devices and entire networks to heterogeneous TSN domains without any change or modification to the EtherCAT devices.

Moxa, Hirschmann, Hilscher and Xilinx to implement TSN stream adaptation functionality in their TSN

• May 8, 2018
• News

This will allow users to directly connect EtherCAT slave devices and entire networks to heterogeneous TSN domains without any change or modification to the EtherCAT devices.

EtherCAT Technology Group adds TSN technologies to EtherCAT

• December 21, 2017
• News

With the help of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), industrial controls can contact a number of different EtherCAT segments in real-time through Ethernet networks. In doing so, no changes to the EtherCAT slave devices are required