This EtherCAT training explains how EtherCAT achieves high-speed, deterministic real-time communication and how to develop and integrate EtherCAT master and slave devices.
What the EtherCAT training covers
The course covers the EtherCAT operating principle (processing frames “on the fly”), the EtherCAT Slave Controller (ESC), process data (PDO) versus mailbox communication, the CANopen-over-EtherCAT (CoE), EoE and FoE protocols, distributed clocks for tight synchronisation, state machine and error handling, and the ESI/ENI description files used to configure a network.
Who should attend
Embedded developers, integration and test engineers and architects designing EtherCAT masters, slave devices or motion systems.
What you will learn
By the end, participants understand the EtherCAT frame flow, can configure process data and mailbox communication, apply distributed clocks for synchronisation, and troubleshoot an EtherCAT network.
Format and delivery
This course is delivered on-site or remotely by ISIT engineers and can be tailored to your team’s protocols, standards and experience level. Contact us to build a programme around your project.