ECAT-M801-8AX

EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) is an open, high-performance fieldbus system that makes Ethernet technologies available at the I/O level. EtherCAT provides flexible wiring, fast communication and many other nice features. It needs a master to control many slaves. ICP DAS provides PC master cards for users to build their motion related applications. This card can offer multi-axis motion and I/O control functions by its own built-in CPU. In this way, the CPU loading of PC can be reduced dramatically. In the mean while, ICP DAS also provides many I/O slave modules for users to choose from. Since EtherCAT technology is an industrial standard, those modules can work together in a system with 3rd-party EtherCAT slaves as well.

• Up to 32-axis motion control
• Up to 64 slaves
• Slave operation (SDO, PDO)
• Axis homing
• Single-axis position and velocity control
• Synchronized motion (E-GEAR, E-CAM)
• Virtual axes
• Multi-group motion control
• Multi-axis linear interpolation
• 2D/3D circular interpolation
• Helical interpolation
• On board 13 DI and 13 DO
• On board 2 encoder interfaces with compare trigger output
• API for CiA402 servo drives and ICP DAS stepper motor control modules
• API for ICP DAS DI/DO and AI/AO modules
• Hardware emergency stop

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