Real-time communication—innovated and solved

KeControl relies fully on the EtherCAT master developed by KEBA that is realized at the FPGA

hardware level and supports a cycle time of 62.5 µs. Data transfer jitter is reduced to less than

100 ns, and the usable EtherCAT data bandwidth is increased to more than 95%. In addition, the

CPU base load is reduced by up to 20%.

The unique Fast Reaction Control feature can reduce the dead times in control loops by up to 66%.

Concrete applications show a dramatic improvement of the control performance, with settling time

reduced by 46% and overshooting reduced by a factor of 6.

Custom technology cards and interface boards

The interface board features versatile standard interfaces that can be customized to suit customer

requirements. In addition, customers have the option of ordering customized technology cards from

KEBA or developing and integrating their own cards in-house using the form factor of the expansion

cards.

Easy customization and extensibility

KeControl C5 stands out for its consistent modular design. The KeConnect C5 I/O modules that can

be connected on the right and the KeConnect C5 expansion cards that can plugged it on the left

provide customers with maximum flexibility in the configuration of their individual automation system.