QEC Provides a Full Solution for EtherCAT and Monitors Carbon Footprint (Output) in Real-Time IIOT Systems.

QEC offers a complete solution for EtherCAT, including EtherCAT Master and common EtherCAT Slave modules (e.g., Digital I/O, Analog I/O, RS232/485, converters, motion controller/drivers, etc.); highly integrated hardware and software for a wide range of industrial automation applications, creating a more economical industrial IoT smart technology

QEC Products:

• EtherCAT Master: QEC-M-01, QEC-M-043T, QEC-M-070T, QEC-M-090T, QEC-M-150T
• EtherCAT Slave: Digital IO, Stepper Motor Controller, HID

QEC Hardware Features:

1. All QEC series adopt recyclable metal cases.
2. Supports two mutually isolated power inputs, Vs and Vp (5V-56Vdc).
3. RJ-45 network supports 24V/3A power supplies and automatically switches ORing power supply systems.
4. Hardware internal status voltage, current, and internal working temperature monitoring, provide carbon emissions calculations for industrial manufacturing products, further assisting product carbon footprint tracking.
5. Supports EtherCAT Cable Redundancy so the system would not crash even when one network fails.
6. When the EtherCAT network is disconnected, or an error occurs, the LED will flash or stay on, and an error code will be displayed on the programming layer.
7. Multi-colored terminal blocks use color-coded distinguishing methods, making them easy to identify and saving time during installation while significantly reducing the chance of human error. Further saves labor and time costs of deploying EtherCAT devices for businesses.

Read More: The Advantages of using the QEC family of EtherCAT products

QEC supports Real-time Operations:

The QEC-M series is an EtherCAT master that uses a dual-core, independently operating DM&P Vortex86EX2 processor for real-time, reliable synchronous EtherCAT control. The master core of the processor serves as the Arduino development environment; the slave core of the processor serves as the Real-time EtherCAT master. The two cores exchange data via Inter-Processors Communications (IPC).

• CPU Master:
  The master core serves as the development environment for 86Duino (Arduino) applications; all development programs in the IDE will be processed in the master core. The master core will collect/exchange data of the slave core, like connecting to an external network via Ethernet and uploading the data collected by the slaves to a remote server or database (e.g., Apache, MySQL, MariaDB).
• CPU Slave:
  The slave core is the EtherCAT Master driver core of the QEC-M, with real-time and precise synchronization features; it can collect/exchange real-time data from EtherCAT Slaves, and the data will be exchanged with the master core of the processor via IPC.

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QEC Supports Complete Real-Time Industry 4.0 with Industrial Arduino

QEC uses the hardware foundation of the famous industrial Ethernet technology, EtherCAT. In addition to providing a complete solution for EtherCAT, and also supports the Industrial Arduino's development environment.

Users can go through the 86Duino IDE's rich built-in library of examples, functions, and graphical programming tools to reduce the development time and engineering staff threshold. Besides, users can also use MySQL libraries to build the Big-data database and quickly upgrade to real-time IIoT.

Easy to develop EtherCAT

Most industrial applications require high precision and synchronous operation speed, which is highly complex and has a long development cycle. However, by using the QEC-supported 86Duino IDE (Industrial-Arduino), a dedicated EtherCAT library will provide rich Arduino APIs for programming and EtherCAT system operation.

In addition to common basic functions, such as digital control, analog control, etc., there are also large numbers of open-source function libraries and examples for developers to use, such as Ethernet, SPI, Serial, or Modbus, including the LVGL Lightweight Graphics Library for creating user interfaces and MySQL functions.

Users can also develop their system via the graphical EtherCAT configuration tool, 86EVA (EtherCAT-Based Virtual Arduino), which can be used to configure EtherCAT Master and Slaves quickly.

Lastly, users will be able to develop a complete system by using the ideal QEC Low-Code development platform consisting of the GUI design aid, HMI Editor, and the drag-and-drop program builder, ArduBlock.