ICOP Technology Inc. has always been committed to providing robust and stable industrial computers and automation solutions for industrial automation. Moreover, the recently launched QEC EtherCAT product series represents a significant innovation in this field. This series combines the high-speed communication features of EtherCAT, AI technology, graphical tools, and open-source technology, offering users a simple yet powerful automation control platform.

Traditional automation systems often face challenges such as large size, high professional barriers, and lack of flexibility, which can hinder adoption by manufacturing clients. To address these issues, QEC EtherCAT offers a simplified system integration solution that even non-professionals can easily operate. This significantly enhances the flexibility and efficiency of automation systems in manufacturing environments, making it an ideal choice for smart manufacturing.

Innovative Application of AI and Graphical Tools

With the increasing application of AI technology in industries, ICOP has integrated AI technology into the development steps of QEC EtherCAT. Using graphical tools, it generates integrated parameter programs that can be referenced by Chat AI for automatic code generation. Leveraging the open-source framework of 86Duino Coding IDE, AI can quickly perform C/C++ programming and coding, lowering the technical development threshold for users while simplifying the development process of industrial automation systems and significantly reducing the time engineers spend writing code.

The graphical software tools of QEC EtherCAT include EtherCAT configuration tools, HMI user interface editors, and drag-and-drop program block tools. These tools allow users to configure, monitor, design, and control systems through an intuitive graphical interface, automatically generating 86Duino code and library APIs. This not only significantly lowers the technical threshold for users but also reduces development time and costs.

Application of Open Source Technology

Most industrial applications require high precision and synchronized operation speed, which are complex and have long development cycles. However, by using the QEC-supported open-source 86Duino IDE development environment, supporting C/C++ programming languages and Arduino interface, developers can utilize existing open-source resources for secondary development.

The 86Duino environment can be expanded using libraries, similar to most programming platforms. Libraries provide additional functions for sketches, such as working with hardware or data processing. The integrated development environment installs many libraries, 86Duino supports most standard Arduino libraries, and provides dedicated libraries to utilize specific hardware features of 86Duino, such as EtherCAT, Motion86, CANBus, Modbus, etc. You can also download or create your own libraries. For details on installing libraries, refer to the instructions, and for writing your own library, further refer to the Arduino API style guide.

QEC EtherCAT Products

EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) is a real-time industrial Ethernet technology known for its extremely low communication latency and high synchronization, complying with the IEC standard IEC61158 (For more EtherCAT information, please visit https://www.ethercat.org/). QEC EtherCAT provides a complete automation solution, including EtherCAT master and common EtherCAT slave modules (such as digital I/O, analog I/O, RS232/485, converters, motion controllers/drivers, etc.); offering highly integrated hardware and software for a wide range of industrial automation applications, creating a more economical industrial IoT smart technology.

Successful Applications and Future Prospects

The QEC EtherCAT product series has been successfully applied in various industrial fields, including robotic arm control, CNC machine tools, and environmental monitoring. In these applications, the QEC series not only demonstrated its excellent performance and reliability but also helped enterprises achieve system upgrades quickly through a low-code development model. This feature is particularly suitable for enterprises facing human resource shortages, allowing them to efficiently develop and maintain industrial automation systems even without extensive programming knowledge.

ICOP Technology is committed to continuous innovation and will continue to explore and develop new technologies in the field of industrial automation. The company plans to further enhance the intelligence and ease of use of the QEC series products and strengthen connections with industry partners to promote the implementation of more smart manufacturing solutions. We believe that with the continuous development of the QEC EtherCAT series, more enterprises will benefit from this advanced control technology, thereby improving production efficiency and product quality.