# Microchip LAN9252

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EtherCAT slave controller. How industrial arms and IO slices talk, not Wi-Fi.

- Family: EtherCAT
- Layer: Radio SoC
- Maker: Microchip
- Buses: ethernet, spi
- Typical: $12–30

## Buy

- [Microchip LAN9252](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/lan9252)

## Compatible

- [ADIS16470](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/adis16470) (bus: SPI)
- [Arduino Mega 2560](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/arduino-mega) (bus: SPI)
- [AS5047P](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/as5047p) (bus: SPI)
- [BeaglePlay](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/beagleplay) (bus: SPI)
- [BMI270](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/bmi270) (bus: SPI)
- [BNO085](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/bno085) (bus: SPI)
- [Compute Module 5](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/cm5) (bus: SPI)
- [Elmo Gold Twitter](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/elmo-gold) (paired: Called out as a known pair)
- [FLIR Boson](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/boson) (bus: SPI)
- [FLIR Lepton 3.5](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/lepton-35) (bus: SPI)
- [Hokuyo UST-10LX](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/hokuyo-ust) (stack: Industrial joint slice)
- [NXP i.MX 8M Plus](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/imx8mp) (paired: Called out as a known pair)
- [OpenMV Cam H7 Plus](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/openmv-h7) (bus: SPI)
- [OV2640 / OV5640](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/ov2640) (bus: SPI)
- [Pixhawk 6C](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/pixhawk-6c) (bus: SPI)
- [Raspberry Pi 5](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/pi5) (bus: SPI)
- [RP2040 / Pico](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/rp2040) (bus: SPI)
- [RP2350 / Pico 2](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/rp2350) (bus: SPI)
- [STM32F4](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32f4) (bus: SPI)
- [STM32G4](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32g4) (bus: SPI)
- [STM32H7](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32h7) (paired: Called out as a known pair)
- [Teensy 4.1](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/teensy41) (bus: SPI)
- [TMC2209](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/tmc2209) (bus: SPI)
- [VectorNav VN-100](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/vn-100) (bus: SPI)

## Stacks

- Industrial joint slice — EtherCAT drive + industrial Linux. No Wi-Fi in the loop.