EtherCAT Technology Group

In June, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) held the 2024 European EtherCAT Plug Fest, one of the organization’s most popular developer meetings. The event took place in Hattersheim, Germany, at …

With the assignment of the 4000th EtherCAT Vendor ID, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) once again underlines the outstanding diversity of EtherCAT manufacturers. The Vendor ID is mandatory for manufacturers …

The strong growth of EtherCAT continues: the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) now counts a total of 77 million EtherCAT nodes worldwide, with 18 million added in 2023 alone. These figures …

In December, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) invited all members to its second Plug Fest, which was geared toward developers and manufacturers of devices with Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) functionality. …

The aim of the EtherCAT Technology Group Working Group, founded in 2011, is to develop EtherCAT standards for the semiconductor industry. While the basic technology – i.e., the “how” of …

20 years of EtherCAT and 20 years of EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG): This is something to celebrate. To mark these milestones, Beckhoff invited guests to a gala dinner in the …

For the first time since EtherCAT was introduced 20 years ago, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is publishing node figures. Excluding modular I/O devices, ETG counts 59.1 million nodes, with …

The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) successfully launched the EtherCAT International Technology Week (ITW) world series, which took place in an online format from November 21 to 25, 2022. As a …

6819 days in office: Prof. Dr. Peter Heidrich was elected in the beginning of 2004 as a member of the Board of Directors at the first Membership Assembly of the …

In July 2022, a tradition was revived and after a two-year break the 11th ETG Member Meeting Korea, and 16th Member Meeting Japan could be again held as face-to-face events. …

The space industry is known for the fact that only the best is good enough for it: after all, applications in orbit have particularly high requirements with regard to reliability; …

Recently, the 20th meeting of the Semiconductor Technical Working Group of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG), the so-called TWG Semi, took place. The digital meeting provided time not only for …

After SPS in Nuremberg had to take a break last year due to the pandemic, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is even more pleased to be back at the event …

With the recently concluded EtherCAT Interoperability Testing Week in Japan, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) concludes this year’s series of developer events in online format. As in the other countries, …

Safety over EtherCAT was already internationally standardized within IEC 61748-3-12:2010 in 2010 as FSCP 12 (Functional Safety Communication Protocol) and is still valid today in the original edition 1.0. The …