What is EtherCAT?
EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) is an industrial communication
Network Structure
An EtherCAT network is made up of exactly one master and one or more devices
How Data Flows
EtherCAT has two completely separate kinds of communication, and understanding the
Device States
A device on an EtherCAT network does not wake up ready to exchange process data.
Clocks and Synchronization
For many applications — a single conveyor, a simple pick-and-place — knowing that