EtherCAT Technology Group

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The 25th meeting of the EtherCAT Technology Group’s Semi TWG was held at the Silicon Valley headquarters of member company Applied Materials.

EtherCAT semiconductor hosts 25th meeting

Oliver Fels is responsible for the Vendor ID for the EtherCAT Technology Group.

EtherCAT group celebrates vendor ID milestone

EtherCAT reaches almost 60 million nodes

EtherCat conformance test tool

EtherCAT conformance test tool released

Image courtesy: Brett Sayles

Ethernet group discusses safety, conformance testing

The compact Beckhoff Automation EtherCAT EJ boards reduce footprint on VMek hardware. Standard LED lights, which can be seen through a window on the Metrix and Element machines, provide EtherCAT diagnostic information for operators. VMek sorting machines include the Metrix Analytic Lab Color Sorter and Element Analytic Production Color Sorter. Courtesy: Kevin Blackburn

Ethernet interoperability testing week

This example network architecture incorporates standard EtherCAT, EtherCAT G and EtherCAT G10 for faster communication and greater data throughput. Courtesy: Beckhoff Automation

Ethernet group accepts addition to standard

EtherCAT specification document released

Cooperation for the definition of common interfaces signed: Martin Rostan (Executive Director ETG) and Thomas J. Burke (President and Executive Director OPC Foundation). Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group

Organizations join forces to focus on common interfaces for Industrie 4.0 and IoT