
A breakthrough in industrial Ethernet technology, EtherCAT P combines communication and power supply on a standard 4-wire Ethernet cable. System and sensor supply “Us“ and peripheral voltage “Up“ for actuators are galvanically isolated and directly injected into the wires of a 100 Mbit line, resulting in a highly cost-effective and compact connection. Using a matching combination of connectors and cables, a complete machine unit can be supplied with just one continuous line. All advantages of EtherCAT, such as free choice of topology, high speed, optimized bandwidth utilization and telegram processing on the fly are equally available with EtherCAT P.