About
About the Device
maxon motor control
EPOS4 Positioning Controller
Document ID: rel7777
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EPOS4 EtherCAT Card Hardware Reference
Edition: December 2017
© 2017 maxon motor. Subject to change without prior notice.
1.1.5
Trademarks and Brand Names
For easier legibility, registered brand names are listed below and will not be further tagged with their
respective trademark. It must be understood that the brands (the list below is not necessarily conclud-
ing) are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights even if their legal trademarks are
omitted in the later course of this document.
Table 1-3
Brand names and trademark owners
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Copyright
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The present document – including all parts thereof – is protected by copyright. Any use (including repro-
duction, translation, microfilming, and other means of electronic data processing) beyond the narrow
restrictions of the copyright law without the prior approval of maxon motor ag, is not permitted and sub-
ject to prosecution under the applicable law.
1.2
About the Device
Capabilities of the
device, included fea-
tures, and supported
controllers.
maxon motor control's «EPOS4 EtherCAT Card» is a plug-in extension card to provide complete Ether-
CAT communication capability for an EPOS4 positioning controller. It is optionally available to equip
either an EPOS4 encased housing variant or an EPOS4 Module with full EtherCAT functionality. For the
latter, development of an own motherboard as to particular guidelines is needed (for details
chapter “4
Motherboard Design Guide” on page 4-17).
Find the latest edition of the present document as well as additional documentation and software for
EPOS4 positioning controllers also on the Internet:
http://epos.maxonmotor.com
In addition, you may wish to browse the EPOS video library. It features video tutorials that provide easy
to follow instructions on how to get started with «EPOS Studio» and shows you tips and tricks on how to
setup communication interfaces, and so on. Explore on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/album/4646388
Brand Name
Trademark Owner
Adobe® Reader®
© Adobe Systems Incorporated, USA-San Jose, CA
EtherCAT®
© EtherCAT Technology Group, DE-Nuremberg, licensed by Beckhoff
Automation GmbH, DE-Verl
PCI Express®
PCIe®
© PCI-SIG, USA-Beaverton, OR
Windows®
© Microsoft Corporation, USA-Redmond, WA
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