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EtherCAT is a real-time Industrial Ethernet technology originally developed by Beckhoff Automation. The EtherCAT protocol which is disclosed in the IEC standard IEC61158 is suitable for hard and soft real-time requirements in automation technology, in test and measurement and many other applications.
The main focus during the development of
EtherCAT was on short cycle times (≤ 100 µs), low jitter for accurate synchronization (≤ 1 µs) and low hardware costs.
EtherCAT was introduced in April 2003, and the EtherCAT Technology Group was founded in November 2003 - Meanwhile ETG has grown into the world’s largest Industrial Ethernet and fieldbus organization. The ETG brings together manufacturers and users, which contribute in technical working groups to the advancement of the EtherCAT technology.
