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EtherCAT semiconductor hosts 25th meeting
The Semiconductor Technical Working Group of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) met for the 25th time, which has produced 75 profiles and draft profiles for the industry.
EtherCAT group celebrates vendor ID milestone
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) celebrated the assignment of its 4,000th EtherCAT Vendor ID, which is used to enable and identify unique devices.
EtherCAT reaches almost 60 million nodes
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) announced 59.1 million nodes to date with 18.4 million nodes added in 2022 alone.
EtherCAT conformance test tool released
Version 2.3 of the EtherCAT Conformance Test Tool is available to all EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) members via the organization’s Technical Advisory Board (TAB).
Ethernet group discusses safety, conformance testing
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) held a Technical Working Group (TWG) Semi meeting and focused on Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) technology and conformance testing.
Ethernet interoperability testing week
The first EtherCAT Interoperability Testing Week was designed to provide EtherCAT device developers with an online opportunity to improve interoperability.
Ethernet group accepts addition to standard
The EtherCAT Technology Group's (ETG) technical committee has accepted EtherCAT G, introduced by Beckhoff Automation in 2018, as an addition to the EtherCAT standard.
EtherCAT specification document released
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has published a first draft of the official EtherCAT P technology specification with the extension of all corresponding documents on its website.
Organizations join forces to focus on common interfaces for Industrie 4.0 and IoT
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) and the OPC Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Hannover Messe 2015 to define common interfaces for Industrie 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT).