Compact M.2 EtherCAT SubDevice Interface

Perfect for use in small industrial PCs, Raspberry Pi carrier boards and embedded systems

The new ECS-M.2/FPGA EtherCAT SubDevice interface is engineered for industrial environments where minimal space and low power consumption are essential. Typical use cases include edge controllers, IoT gateways, and mobile automation systems such as compact industrial PCs or Raspberry Pi carrier boards.

Using an FPGA architecture with an integrated EtherCAT SubDevice Controller, the solution provides distributed clock features such as Sync and Latch. These functions are exposed directly via connectors, allowing them to operate as physical signals. As a result, drives or measurement modules can be synchronized across the entire network, measurements can be captured simultaneously, and events like sensor edges or reference marks can be recorded with precise time stamps.

The interface provides direct access to the complete EtherCAT SubDevice Controller, featuring 8 FMMUs, 8 Sync Managers, 60 kB DPRAM, and 64-bit Distributed Clocks. Its FPGA architecture also allows for customer-specific extensions.