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Garyhlucas

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Do-More and EtherCAT?
« on: May 04, 2024, 12:43:52 PM »
Is it doable now, in the future? Looks like it could greatly simplify servo wiring. We?ve been using Clearpath servos and they have announced EtherCAT is coming soon. We just did a 7 axis pipe grooving machine which also has 3 vfds. Might have been a lot simpler to build and support.
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Re: Do-More and EtherCAT?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2024, 12:48:24 PM »
Quote from: Garyhlucas on May 04, 2024, 12:43:52 PM
Is it doable now, in the future? Looks like it could greatly simplify servo wiring. We?ve been using Clearpath servos and they have announced EtherCAT is coming soon. We just did a 7 axis pipe grooving machine which also has 3 vfds. Might have been a lot simpler to build and support.

It's in the roadmap.
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Re: Do-More and EtherCAT?
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2024, 03:07:01 PM »
New hardware or just firmware and software update when it happens?
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Re: Do-More and EtherCAT?
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2024, 03:28:38 PM »
Quote from: Garyhlucas on May 05, 2024, 03:07:01 PM
New hardware or just firmware and software update when it happens?

Ethercat requires hardware. We'll do it as a module.
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