Product overview

The FC1028 EtherCAT card can be used to integrate an Industrial PC as a master in an EtherCAT network. The card has 16 EtherCAT channels and a total of eight ix-Industrial^® type A connectors. Adapter cables type C9900-K921 are required to connect the EtherCAT devices.

With FC1028 EtherCAT card a total of 16 EtherCAT masters are available. The EtherCAT masters are fully DC synchronous. No external synchronization is necessary in order to synchronize the EtherCAT masters or EtherCAT segments with one another. This function is particularly interesting for XTS systems that require synchronously running EtherCAT masters. The FC1028 EtherCAT card can additionally be used to realize an EtherCAT redundancy.