Custom EtherCAT device

Ok sorry it seems there are MCUs that support Ethercat from hardware point of view. But still this chips are for professional use. I'm a hobby electronic and the first hurdle would be soldering the BGA package. And I have only experience with STM32 and AVR. And I see that one MCU costs 20 dollars

The LAN9255 is in a TQFP package

I was talking about the AM335X. I'm using the QFN package, and with the new board I will use the TQFP

The asix one is not a BGA, they come in LQFP package.
Hats off to the person that finds a place where you can buy these. They look pretty ideal for this kind of stuff, check example the AX58100 www.asix.com.tw/en/product/IndustrialEthernet/EtherCAT/AX58100

Edit: Seems you can get these from aliexpress, or something claimed to be the chip at least. Under 15$ for a mcu with ethercat doesnt seem too bad.

Kindly please read again .. My BGA comment was refering to the AM335X MCU.

Sorry was on mobile and somehow missed your later comment about the TI chip, I was referring to:

Tady wrote:

Ok sorry it seems there are MCUs that support Ethercat from hardware point of view. But still this chips are for professional use. I'm a hobby electronic and the first hurdle would be soldering the BGA package. And I have only experience with STM32 and AVR. And I see that one MCU costs 20 dollars
 

I probably should of been more spesific than just mentioning that the TI is probably overkill, I mean it could probably run LCNC alone (at least headless).
Nevertheless I think the ASIX chips looks nice on paper. If the availability would be similar to the microchip LAN chips it would be nice to try out. Its pretty much built to be a single chip ecat motor controller.