Summarizing from practice, sharing in social circles, creating the most down-to-earth public account Abstract Occasionally, during production, the EtherCAT network may experience a complete Init situation, requiring power cycling or reactivating the configuration to recover. How to diagnose which slave caused the network crash and what the possible reasons are? This article describes: Reasons and … Read more
More than 70 years ago, the birth of computers opened the information age for human society. Subsequently, microcontrollers and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) gradually replaced traditional relays, becoming the mainstream control devices in the field of industrial automation. However, everything changed in 1985. That year in Germany, a young engineer named Hans Beckhoff discovered that … Read more
In nuclear fusion experimental research, an accurate dynamic control system is key to ensuring experimental safety and data accuracy. As an engineer with 15 years of experience in industrial automation control, I will detail how to build this complex control system. System Architecture Overview The nuclear fusion experiment dynamic control system mainly consists of three … Read more
In the field of industrial automation, high precision motor control has always been a challenging topic. As a technical expert with over ten years of experience in the industrial PC control domain, today I will explain in detail how to implement high precision motor control algorithms. Overview of Motor Control Algorithm Library In industrial PC … Read more
In practice, we summarize and share discussions in our circle, making the most grounded public account. Beckhoff users extensively use EtherCAT, and generally do not need to have a deep understanding of EtherCAT because most projects only require automatic scanning and default settings. However, when communication errors occur and troubleshooting is needed, engineers must understand … Read more
As we all know, the TwinCAT development environment’s EtherCAT | Online interface can diagnose most EtherCAT issues, such as checking the OP status of the master and each slave, CRC error count, etc. Below are several “hidden” tools in TwinCAT. 1 EtherCAT Simulation Tool 2 Slave Registers 3 DC Slave Frame Timing Analysis 4 Frame … Read more