The Ethernet Fieldbus.
EtherCAT - The Ethernet Fieldbus.
• EtherCAT is real time down to the I/O level
• No underlying sub-systems any more
EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile
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EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile
EtherCAT - The Ethernet Fieldbus.
• Other technologies need local I/O cycles + gateways
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EtherCAT - The Ethernet Fieldbus.
• EtherCAT: Real time down to the I/O
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EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile
October 2012
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EtherCAT - The Ethernet Fieldbus.
• EtherCAT is real time down to the I/O level
• No underlying sub-systems any more
• No delays in gateways
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In- and outputs, sensors, actuators, drives, displays:
everything in one system!
EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile
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EtherCAT is faster
• Transmission Rate:
– 2 x 100 Mbit/s (Fast Ethernet, Full-Duplex)
• Update Times:
– 256 digital I/O in 11 µs
– 1000 digital I/O distributed to 100 nodes in 30 µs = 0.03 ms
– 200 analog I/O (16 bit) in 50 µs, 20 kHz Sampling Rate
– 100 Servo-Axis (each 8 Byte In + Out) in 100 µs = 0.1 ms
– 12000 digital I/O in 350 µs
EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile
October 2012
© EtherCAT Technology Group, 2012
EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
- Well proven
- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
- Redundancy
- Versatile
EtherCAT is faster
• Bandwidth Usage of Ethernet for I/O and Drives:
– Ethernet Frame: ≥ 84 Bytes
incl. Preamble + IPG (interpacket gap)
Data pay load:
e.g. 2 Bit..6 Byte
22 Bytes
4 Bytes
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Ethernet Header
Data: ≥46 Bytes
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CRC
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– with 4 Byte input + 4 Byte output per node:
• 4,75% application data ratio at 0 µs reaction time/node
• 1,9% application data ratio at 10 µs reaction time/node
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EtherCAT is faster
• Bandwidth Usage Comparison:
– At 4 Byte user data per node:
• Polling / Timeslicing: ~ 2..5 %
– From 2 Bit user data per node:
• EtherCAT: ~ 80..97 % (Full Duplex, 2 x 100 MBit/s)
EtherCAT is:
- Faster
- Synchronization
- Industrial Ethernet
- Flexible Topology
- Easier to configure
- Cost effective
- Easier to implement
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- Open
- Conformance
- Safety
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