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EtherCAT Technology Group
Ostendstraße 196
90482 Nürnberg
Allemagne
+49 911 5405620
+48 911 54056 29
https://www.ethercat.org/de/contact.html
info@ethercat.org

This section provides an in-depth introduction into EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology). The following information can also be found the the EtherCAT Brochure, available in various languages.

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.