Click the blue text to follow Servo and Motion Control Today, the Motion Assistant will share with you how to use the EtherCAT motion control card ECI2820 for debugging through the ZDevelop auxiliary debugging tool. This article demonstrates the debugging content using a single-axis example.Before we formally start learning, let’s first understand the motion control … Read more
Beckhoff PowerLink: PowerLink is a real-time Ethernet communication protocol developed by the Austrian company Beckhoff. It originated in the late 1990s and is one of the earliest industrial Ethernet solutions. The design goal of PowerLink is to achieve high-speed data exchange and real-time control while maintaining network simplicity and cost-effectiveness. It employs a shared memory … Read more
Process optimization, predictive maintenance, manufacturing services, adaptive systems, resource savings, smart factories, and cost reduction—there are limitless benefits to adopting control network data at higher-level systems. The Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and China Manufacturing 2025 all mention that seamless, continuous, and standardized communication is universally required across various levels. Sensor data is uploaded … Read more
Image Source: EtherCAT Technology Group Author: Robert B.Trask “ The EtherCAT slave controller chips, along with diagnostic and development tools, help users enhance field communication performance and simplify debugging. ” The EtherCAT Slave Controller (ESC) is a core concept of EtherCAT; it represents the chip-based part of EtherCAT field devices. The chips can be Application-Specific … Read more
Shenyang Machine Tool, China’s largest CNC machine tool manufacturer, has chosen EtherCAT as the internal bus for its latest i5 intelligent CNC machine tool control platform, fully implementing EtherCAT master and EtherCAT slave on servo drivers and IO devices. Shenyang Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd. owns the largest comprehensive machine tool manufacturing plant in China … Read more
EtherCAT—Ethernet for Control Automation Technology bus principle is mainly based on Ethernet technology, but has been specifically optimized to meet the high demands for real-time performance and synchronization in the field of industrial automation. Here is a detailed explanation of the EtherCAT bus principle: 1. Communication Mechanism EtherCAT adopts a master-slave communication mode, where the … Read more
Click the above“Zheng Motion Assistant”, stay tuned for updates! Today, Zheng Motion Assistant will share with everyone the hardware wiring of the EtherCAT motion control card ECI2828 and how to use LabVIEW for advanced processing in continuous interpolation motion development. 1Introduction to ECI2828 Hardware The ECI2828 series motion control card supports up to 16-axis linear … Read more
For EtherCAT technology R&D personnel and units in South China, we plan to hold EtherCAT training courses in Shenzhen from October 23rd to 25th, and we sincerely invite interested units to register. In the EtherCAT basic training course on October 23rd, you can learn detailed information related to EtherCAT technology to plan EtherCAT applications or … Read more
Market Application BackgroundWith the deepening of the intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry, micro-material handling in fields such as 3C electronics, PCB, food packaging, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and automotive parts is undergoing a transformation in production modes. Traditional mechanical vibration feeding and single-picking/labeling methods can no longer meet the current market demands for high precision, high … Read more
Industrial Control Classroom Industrial Control Classroom【www.gkket.com】Essential Website for Engineers Add WeChat:gkket123 Join the 500-person WeChat group Electrical Industrial Control Automation – Free Materials Worth Over 10,000 Yuan Click to Download for Free (DownLoad) Overview EtherCAT was originally developed by Beckhoff in Germany. EtherCAT sets a new standard for the system’s real-time performance and topology flexibility, … Read more