EtherCAT Master
EtherCAT® Master Stack for several (Real-Time) OS
Features
Configuration and management of EtherCAT networks
Cyclic exchange of process data
Sophisticated API common to all implementations as interface between the application and the EtherCAT Master Stack
Mailbox based communication with:
- CAN application protocol over EtherCAT (CoE)
- Ethernet over EtherCAT (EoE)
- File over EtherCAT (FoE)
- Servo Drive over EtherCAT (SoE)
Built-in detailed diagnostics and profiling functions
Written in ANSI-C designed with high performance, small resource usage and scalability in mind
The core components are operating system (OS) and CPU architecture independent
Adaption to many prevalent (real-time) operating systems available from stock
EtherCAT Master Class A according to ETG.1500
esd is a member of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG). 
| Minimum System Requirements Standard Network Interface Controller (NIC) |
| Operating System |
CPU-Architecture |
| VxWorks (5.4.x / 5.5.x / 6.x) | x86 / PPC |
| QNX 6.5.x / 6.6.x QNX 7.x |
x86 / PPC / ARM x86 / x86_64 / ARM |
| RTX 2009 / 2011 / 2012 | x86 |
| RTX64 2014 | x64 |
| OS-9 5.2 | PPC |
| Linux | x86 / x86_64 / PPC / ARM |
| Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 |
x86 / x86_64 |
Switch based Multi Master Mode using single NIC
