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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 />

Functional Principle: Ethernet „on the<br />

•<br />

Master<br />

HDR 1<br />

HDR 2<br />

fly“<br />

Ethernet Header ECAT HDR PLC Data NC Data Data n Ethernet<br />

Minimal protocol overhead via implicit addressing<br />

– Optimized telegram structure for decentralized I/O<br />

– Communication completely in hardware: maximum<br />

(+ predictable!) performance<br />

– No switches needed if only <strong>EtherCAT</strong> devices in the network<br />

– Outstanding diagnostic features<br />

– Ethernet-compatibility maintained<br />

© <strong>EtherCAT</strong> Technology Group, 2009 10<br />

HDR 2

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