EtherCAT Features
Summary
EtherCAT is versatile: Master to Slave, Slave to Slave and Master to Master Communication is supported (see figure below). Safety over EtherCAT is available. EtherCAT makes Ethernet down to the I/O level technically feasible and economically sensible. Outstanding features of this network include full Ethernet compatibility, Internet technologies (even in simple devices), maximum utilization of the large bandwidthIn computer networking, bandwidth often refers to a data rate measured in bits/s, for example, network throughput. The reason for the connection of data rate with the term bandwidth is that the limit to the data rate of a physical communication link is related to its bandwidth in hertz offered by Ethernet, and outstanding real-time characteristics at low costs.