ethercat_driver_ros2
- Software
- Robot arms and industry
- Driver or SDK
A ros2_control hardware interface that connects EtherCAT modules to ROS 2, built on the IgH EtherCAT Master for Linux. It lets users assemble hardware interfaces from parameter files.
Made by ICube-Robotics.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ICube-Robotics/ethercat_driver_ros2 (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 8900c04 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 8900c04 (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides a generic way to parametrise and assemble ros2_control hardware interfaces for EtherCAT modules.
- Lets EtherCAT modules be defined and combined through parameter files rather than custom code.
- Builds upon the IgH EtherCAT Master for Linux for the underlying real-time communication.
- Parts of the driver are based on the SimplECAT implementation.
- Full details are in the project documentation.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 8900c04.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Reference stack: not buildable at home
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 5 Aug 2026 on jazzy
- Latest release
- Version 2.0.0 (5 Aug 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 22 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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