{"id":115726,"date":"2026-01-27T13:39:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ae-expo.be\/ethercat-the-global-standard-from-beckhoff-automation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:39:53","slug":"ethercat-the-global-standard-from-beckhoff-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ae-expo.be\/en\/ethercat-the-global-standard-from-beckhoff-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"EtherCAT: The global standard from Beckhoff Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"115726\" class=\"elementor elementor-115726 elementor-115711\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d23cf38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d23cf38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc4115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc4115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Beckhoff continues the EtherCAT success story: new chips and technology products support the global EtherCAT community and consistently raise the product to a higher level.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2709a02 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2709a02\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f2316c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f2316c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>EtherCAT has established itself as the market leader with approximately 100 million installed nodes \u2013 and that&#8217;s not even counting the bus terminals. Developed by Beckhoff and introduced in 2003, the technology wins customers over with its exceptional performance and unique simplicity. It is not without reason that EtherCAT is considered the most important Ethernet fieldbus. Users appreciate the fact that an EtherCAT system is largely self-configuring: there is no need to set node addresses and the topology is not limited as it is with switched Industrial Ethernet systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1083ddd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1083ddd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3d615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3d615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the most important unique selling points of Beckhoff technology is its stability. Although new functions are constantly being added, the established functions never change. This means that there are no version problems: today&#8217;s devices work perfectly in EtherCAT systems from 2005 \u2013 and vice versa. This compatibility also applies to the new EtherCAT SubDevice Controller (ESC) chips and IP cores. They are backward and even drop-in compatible with their predecessors, although they offer significant improvements.<\/p>\n<p>A completely newly developed source code significantly increases the performance of the process data interface (PDI) to the host control; a second PDI is also available that can be used in parallel. In addition, the energy consumption of the ET1150 chips has been reduced by 80%. This chip generation also continues to rely on the 100 Mbit physical layer, which forms the basis of EtherCAT technology. Thanks to its special functional principle, EtherCAT delivers higher performance than switch-based gigabit systems, even at 100 Mbit. In addition, 100BASE-TX is more robust, more resistant to interference, simpler and more cost-effective than gigabit physical layers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceb7bca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ceb7bca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41bf139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41bf139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>EtherCAT G, the gigabit extension of EtherCAT, is therefore reserved for the rare applications that require even more bandwidth \u2013 for example, Beckhoff&#8217;s intelligent XPlanar transport system. However, EtherCAT G is not a new version and does not represent a break in the technology. Thanks to the new branch control technology, 100-Mbit segments can be seamlessly integrated into a gigabit network and benefit from improved performance thanks to parallel processing. Beckhoff is thus making EtherCAT fit for the next 20 years while benefiting from the growing global demand for this technology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf564c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf564c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be5f20 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8be5f20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70665fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70665fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/303\/2026\/01\/pr312025_Beckhoff_EtherCAT_ET1150_web-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-115719\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/303\/2026\/01\/pr312025_Beckhoff_EtherCAT_ET1150_web-1.jpg 511w, https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/303\/2026\/01\/pr312025_Beckhoff_EtherCAT_ET1150_web-1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109990a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"109990a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e603d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e603d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The ET1150 EtherCAT ASIC presented at SPS 2025 is just one example of the ongoing further development of EtherCAT technology.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beckhoff continues the EtherCAT success story: new chips and technology products support the global EtherCAT community and consistently raise the product to a higher level. EtherCAT has established itself as the market leader with approximately 100 million installed nodes \u2013 and that&#8217;s not even counting the bus terminals. 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