ICOP's QEC-RXXD series offers a comprehensive range of EtherCAT slave modules developed strictly according to industrial standards and featuring a robust design for use in demanding environments. The compact embedded devices provide up to 16 channels of I/O integration and enable easy and efficient implementation of the EtherCAT protocol for process automation and management. With extremely short cycle intervals of up to 100 microseconds, the QEC-RXXD EtherCAT slave modules are also suitable for real-time control tasks in critical systems.
Each interface of the QEC-RXXD EtherCAT Slave series supports a maximum of 16 DIO channels and can be operated in a mixed mode using either 4, 8 or 12 channels. The individual I/O ports are isolated from each other with up to 3.75 kilovolts to protect the connected electronics from load peaks and to ensure loss-free signal transmission. The current status is displayed via LED on the front, so that a clear assignment of the used DIO ports and an active Monitoring on problems takes place - especially on temporary or permanent aborts of communication.
Fanless, robust design for a wide temperature range
Efficient structures with high flexibility
Intermixed mode for a variable number of channels
There are several reasons in favor of EtherCAT as a network administration protocol - one of the decisive ones is certainly its stability, which has established the standard for system-critical and real-time process management, among other things. The QEC-RXXD EtherCAT slave modules tolerate both an unstable power supply between 24 VDC and 56 VDC as well as extreme temperatures from -20° Celsius to +70° Celsius. Following a redesign and extensive optimization of the components, the manufacturer has also succeeded in ensuring that very low energy loss occurs even under full load.
The primary application area of the QEC-RXXD EtherCAT slave modules is in industrial master-slave networks, which are characterized by complex branching as well as high performance and reliability. A total of four different variants are available, each of which uses an input or output in the range from 400 Hz to 8 kHz. Mainly, the QEC-RXXD EtherCAT slave modules are used for automated process management in Industrie 4.0 smart factories and technical circuits. Due to their excellent performance, EtherCAT networks are increasingly used as an alternative to IoT applications that allow higher specialization and lower latencies.
