ICOP Technology Inc.
QEC-M-043T
User’s Manual
Ver.1.0A June, 2022
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1.1 Introduction
QEC (Quick to EtherCAT) is an Arduino-based EtherCAT System solution, through the
Vortex86EX2 processor developed by DMP Electronics, meets the requirements of hardware
and software Real-time. Become an EtherCAT device whose hardware and software are
user-friendly and satisfy all users who expect to use EtherCAT in the market.
The list below gives a short summary of the master features:
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Designed as a real-time Arduino Integrated development environment
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Distributed Clocks support
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Configuration of the slave's DC parameters through the application interface.
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Synchronization (offset and drift compensation) of the distributed slave clocks
to the reference clock.
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Optional synchronization of the reference clock to the master clock or the
other way round.
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CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE)
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SDO upload, download and information service.
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Slave configuration via SDOs.
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SDO access from userspace and from the application.
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File Access over EtherCAT (FoE)
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Loading and storing files via the command-line tool.
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Updating a slave’s firmware can be done easily.
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Configuring EtherCAT cable redundancy
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Two independent Ethernet interfaces can be used for EtherCAT cable
redundancy.
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Cable redundancy offers resilience for the cabling.
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Interruptions of the EtherCAT communication due to broken wires or
unplugged LAN cables are avoided.
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86Duino IDE (Arduino based)
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Simple-to-use API of Arduino with many examples
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ArduBlock (Scratch tool)
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HMI Editor (HMI design tool)
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86EVA (EtherCAT-based Virtual Arduino)
