The euphoria in the industry was palpable when more than 1100 specialists in space technology gathered in Las Vegas at the end of October for the ASCEND conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA): Spaceflight is in the midst of a transformation from government-funded research and national prestige projects into a commercially…
EtherCAT Technology Group releases EtherCAT P specification documents
The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) published a first draft of the official EtherCAT P technology specification last autumn. Now, the documents have been released to coincide with the last ETG Technical Committee Meeting. The specification provides device manufacturers with an official foundation to implement EtherCAT P technology, which enables data and power transmission on a…
EtherCAT Technology Group to officially support EtherCAT P
The technical committee of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has accepted EtherCAT P as an addition to EtherCAT concordantly. Moving forward, EtherCAT P, which combines the benefits of EtherCAT with power supply on the same cable, will be supported and promoted by the ETG. Introduced at the 2015 SPS IPC Drives trade show, EtherCAT P…