EtherCAT^® Master

EtherCAT^® Master Stack for embedded (real-time) OS

Designed with respect to high performance, small resource usage and scalability, the EtherCAT^® Master Stack has core components that are operating system (OS) and CPU architecture independent. The stack is available for various operating systems. With its minimal OS layer and well-defined interface to the Network adapter (NIC), the code ports easily to other operating systems or can even run without OS support.

• Configuration and management of EtherCAT^® networks.
• Cyclic exchange of process data.
• Support for event based mailbox communication with the protocols:
  • CANopen over EtherCAT^® (CoE)
  • Ethernet over EtherCAT^® (EoE)
  • File over EtherCAT^® (FoE)
• Easy to use API common to all implementations as an interface between the application and the EtherCAT^® master stack.
• The master can either be configured via the standardized XML based EtherCAT^® configuration file (OS independent XLM parser included) or via the API if the OS doesn’t support a file system.
• Supports EtherCAT^® via UDP communication.
• Allows application defined asynchronous communication in parallel to the cyclic data exchange e.g. to read an EtherCAT® slave EEPROM.
• Built-in network and protocol diagnostic functions.
• Several master instances can use different NICs to address independent EtherCAT^® segments.
• Several master instances can use the same NIC to address independent EtherCAT^® segments (via Ethernet switch with VLAN tag support).

Hardware Requirements:
Standard Network Interface Controller (NIC)
Operating System and CPU Architecture
Windows XP / Vista	x86
Linux	x86
QNX (6.x)	PowerPC
VxWorks (5.5x or 6.x)	PowerPC

 Order Information

Designation		Order No.
Windows XP / Vista	x86	P.4500.01
Linux	x86	P.4500.02
QNX (6.x)	PowerPC	P.4500.10
VxWorks (5.5x or 6.x)	PowerPC	P.4500.20

 

EtherCAT^® Master

EtherCAT^® Master Stack for embedded (real-time) OS

Designed with respect to high performance, small resource usage and scalability, the EtherCAT^® Master Stack has core components that are operating system (OS) and CPU architecture independent. The stack is available for various operating systems. With its minimal OS layer and well-defined interface to the Network adapter (NIC), the code ports easily to other operating systems or can even run without OS support.

Download EtherCAT^® Product information sheet (PDF file).

Download EtherCAT^® Master Developers Handbook (PDF file).

For any other questions about the EtherCAT^® product line, please contact Michelle Dzialo directly.

EtherCAT^® Master

EtherCAT^® Master Stack for embedded (real-time) OS

Order the EtherCAT^_® Master according to the operating system your network uses. The package includes extensive development support through esd electronics, Inc. The available operating systems are:

• Windows XP / Vista - x86 - P4500.01
• Linux - x86 - P.4500.02
• QNX (6.x) - PowerPC - P.4500.10
• VxWorks (5.5x or 6.x) - PowerPC - P.4500.20