As announced at Hannover Messe 2016 the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has now published a first draft of the official EtherCAT P technology specification together with the extension of all corresponding documents on its website. Additionally, there has been finalized an application note as guideline for the implementation of EtherCAT P slaves.

EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)（ETG）在2016年4月的漢諾威展會(huì)上發(fā)布了EtherCAT P技術(shù)，ETG現(xiàn)已正式發(fā)布官方EtherCAT P技術(shù)規(guī)范第一稿，并在ETG官網(wǎng)上發(fā)布了所有相關(guān)擴(kuò)展文件。此外，ETG還完成了一份EtherCAT P從站的實(shí)施指南的應(yīng)用手冊(cè)。

Soon after the introduction of EtherCAT P by Beckhoff Automation the technology extension to EtherCAT has been included into the work of the EtherCAT Technology Group. Ever since the official specification document has been in progress and the first draft now has been published. The document ‘ETG.1030 EtherCAT P Specification’ defines the basics of EtherCAT P as extension of the physical layer of the EtherCAT technology. As such, of course, all other EtherCAT standard documents in which EtherCAT P will be integrated have been extended, too.

在德國(guó)倍福公司推出EtherCAT技術(shù)的擴(kuò)展技術(shù)EtherCAT P之后不久，EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)就開始了官方規(guī)范文檔的整理工作。現(xiàn)已發(fā)布第一稿規(guī)范文件。文件“‘ETG.1030 EtherCAT P規(guī)范”定義了EtherCAT P的基礎(chǔ)是EtherCAT技術(shù)物理層的擴(kuò)展。

因此，所有其他將集成EtherCAT P的EtherCAT標(biāo)準(zhǔn)文檔也已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了相應(yīng)的擴(kuò)展。

To enable developers of EtherCAT P devices to start their implementation just now Beckhoff has published a so called EtherCAT P application note – a guideline for implementing EtherCAT P slaves. This application note includes the according extension of the EtherCAT implementation including connectors, electrical specification as well as recommendations for EMC-compliant design. In addition to that, the application note informs about different design requirements especially with regards to the usage and connection of supply voltages and describes the calculation basis of currents and voltages in the network.

為使EtherCAT P的設(shè)備研發(fā)者能夠盡快開始實(shí)施，德國(guó)倍福公司發(fā)布了一個(gè)EtherCAT P應(yīng)用手冊(cè)作為EtherCAT P從站實(shí)施指南。該應(yīng)用手冊(cè)包含了EtherCAT實(shí)施的相關(guān)擴(kuò)展，包括連接器、電氣規(guī)范，以及EMC兼容設(shè)計(jì)的建議。除此之外，應(yīng)用手冊(cè)還介紹了不同的設(shè)計(jì)要求，尤其是關(guān)于電源電壓的使用和連接，并描述了網(wǎng)絡(luò)中電流和電壓的計(jì)算依據(jù)。

When the ETG accepted EtherCAT P as addition to EtherCAT the first big users signalized their high interest into the technology extension. With the publication of the specification documents and the corresponding application note EtherCAT P can now be included into the development and the implementation of numerous new products has become a certainty.

ETG剛剛將EtherCAT P作為EtherCAT技術(shù)擴(kuò)展時(shí)，第一個(gè)大用戶表示了對(duì)該擴(kuò)展的高度興趣。隨著規(guī)范文檔和相關(guān)應(yīng)用手冊(cè)的發(fā)布，設(shè)備提供商可以開始實(shí)施 EtherCAT P。市場(chǎng)上必將有更多的新產(chǎn)品實(shí)施的出現(xiàn)。

All documents mirror the actual status of the EtherCAT P technology definition and are available for download on the website of the EtherCAT Technology Group (www.ethercat.org)

所有文檔都標(biāo)明了EtherCAT P技術(shù)定義的實(shí)際狀態(tài)，用戶可以從EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)官網(wǎng)（www.ethercat.org）進(jìn)行下載。

About EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG):

The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is an association in which key user companies from various industries and leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance the EtherCAT technology. With over 4,000 members from 63countries, the EtherCAT Technology Group has become the largest fieldbus organization in the world. Founded in November 2003, it is also the fastest growing association of its kind.

About EtherCAT®:

EtherCAT is the fastest Industrial Ethernet technology and stands for high-performance, low-cost, easeofuse anda flexible topology. It was introduced in 2003 and became an international standard and a SEMI standard in 2007. The EtherCAT Technology Group promotes EtherCAT and is responsible for its continued development. EtherCAT is also an open technology: anyone is allowed to implement or use it.