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esp32-w5500-ethercat-slave

A from-scratch software EtherCAT slave running on an ESP32-WROOM-32 with a WIZnet W5500 Ethernet controller over SPI.

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Published June 15, 2026

Original author: SaiSriHarshaPeddaOriginal source (new tab)

esp32-w5500-ethercat-slave

Project description

A Software EtherCAT Slave on a $5 ESP32 β€” Spoken Fluently to a Real Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 Master, Over a W5500 in MACRAW #EtherCAT #IndustrialFieldbus #TwinCAT3 #SoftwareESC #MACRAW #ESP32 #FactoryAutomation #FMMU #ProofOfConcept #PromiscuousCapture πŸ“š Hobby / educational proof-of-concept β€” independent implementation, verified against a real Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 master βœ… Verified: device enumerates in TwinCAT as ESP32-DO8, climbs INIT β†’ PreOp β†’ SafeOp β†’ OP, Working Counter valid, 8 GPIO outputs driven live from the master 01 β€” What is this project? EtherCAT is the high-speed fieldbus that runs a…

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