EtherCAT Technology Group announced that EtherCAT meets the European Union CRA requirements without modification.

The 1-port Ethernet switch terminal enables connection of peripherals with Ethernet connectivity—such as printers or terminals for production data acquisition—into EtherCat networks.The EL6601 ...

Early concerns about Ethernet as an automation network included its lack of real-time capabilities. But several new approaches seek to overcome this limitation. One company making waves in the ...

In a move which it says demonstrates it commitment to the industrial market, Microchip has licensed EtherCAT technology for use in next generation Ethernet controllers. "EtherCAT standard is a proven ...

Looking to take advantage of the rapidly growing demand for industrial networking spawned by IoT applications, Microchip has launched the LAN9252, a standalone EtherCAT slave controller featuring two ...

Renesas is aiming a set of microcontrollers at industrial equipment needing real-time Ethernet control. Renesas is aiming a set of microcontrollers at industrial equipment needing real-time Ethernet ...

EtherCAT and other industrial Ethernet systems are expanding into fields beyond factory networks. On the other hand, the conventional implementation style of industrial Ethernet introduces the issue ...

With ethernet's line speeds reaching 1 Gbit/s and 10 Gbits/s, network engineers now have to make Ethernet local-area networks (LANs) compatible with the entrenched ...

The XMC4300 microcontroller features EtherCAT communication for cost-sensitive industrial applications. The MCU uses a Cortex-M4 core and has DSP/MAC instructions, a nested vectored interrupt ...

When choosing the Ethernet technology that might best fit your industrial system, you first need to have some base information: • How many I/O points do you have? • How fast do you need the ...

Voltage mode 10/100 Base-TX/FX Energy Efficient Ethernet PHY; Support EtherCAT and cable diagnostic; UMC 0.11um HS/AE Logic Process.