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<strong>EtherCAT</strong> is:<br />

-Faster<br />

- Synchronization<br />

- Industrial Ethernet<br />

-Flexible<br />

- Easier to configure<br />

- Cost effective<br />

- Easier to implement<br />

- Well proven<br />

- Open<br />

- Conformance<br />

- Safety<br />

- Redundancy<br />

-Versatile<br />

‘Slow’<br />

•<br />

Bus Cycle<br />

Control Systems benefit, too<br />

Reaction time with legacy fieldbus<br />

T mpd<br />

Bus Cycle<br />

I/O:<br />

I PLC Task O I PLC Task O I PLC Task O I PLC Task O I PLC Task<br />

Bus Cycle Bus Cycle Bus Cycle Bus Cycle Bus Cycle<br />

T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O T I/O<br />

Input<br />

(worst case)<br />

best case reaction time<br />

worst case reaction time<br />

Input<br />

(best case)<br />

Output<br />

Tmpd: Master Processing Delay<br />

TI/O: Local I/O Update Time<br />

(local Extension Bus + Firmware)<br />

© <strong>EtherCAT</strong> Technology Group, 2009 12

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