Acontis EtherCAT Master Protocol Stack Reference Design

The Acontis EC-Master EtherCAT Master stack is a highly portable software stack that can be used on a variety of embedded platforms. EC-Master supports high-performance TI Sitara MPUs and provides an advanced EtherCAT Master solution that customers can use to implement EtherCAT communication interface boards, EtherCAT-based PLCs or motion control applications. The EC-Master architecture is designed so that users do not need to plan additional tasks, so the full stack functionality is available even on platforms without an operating system (such as TI Starterware supported on AM335x). This architecture combined with high-speed Ethernet drivers allows users to implement EtherCAT master on the Sitara platform with very short cycle times of 100 microseconds or less.

characteristic

• ● EtherCAT Class A or B main stack according to ETG.1500 specification
• ● High-performance CPSW Ethernet driver for optimal EtherCAT performance
• ● EtherCAT Feature Pack cable redundancy using two CPSW ports
• ● EtherCAT Feature Pack hot connection to support flexible configuration
• ● Supports various operating systems: Linux, TI-RTOS (SYS/BIOS) and partner operating systems (such as VxWorks and QNX)