Beckhoff EL1258 | EtherCAT Terminal, 8-channel digital input, 24 V DC, 1 µs, multi-timestamp

The EL1258 digital input terminal acquires the fast binary 24 V control

signals from the process level and transmits them, in an electrically

isolated form, to the controller. Each EtherCAT Terminal has eight channels

that indicate their signal state via light emitting diodes. In comparison

with the EL1252. the EL1258 offers not only a higher channel density,

but also a higher performance thanks to the XFC multi-timestamp function.

Whereas the EL1252 can accept one edge change with time stamp per bus

cycle, the EL1258 offers the possibility to register up to 32 events with time

stamps. The EL1258 is synchronized with other EtherCAT devices through

the distributed clocks system, so that events in the whole system can be

measured with a uniform timebase.

Special features:

• suitable for particularly fast signals due to very low input delay

• synchronized operation through distributed clocks XFC technology

possible

• high performance thanks to XFC multi-timestamp feature