Meets EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) standards
VS EtherCAT Master can be delivered as standard or customized feature packages. Two standard packages are available according ETG.1500 standard: Class A (Standard package) and Class B (Basic package). Moreover, Visutech System introduces Premium package, which integrates various additional features for creating innovative applications.
Available for numerous operating systems, as well as OS-less systems
VS EtherCAT Master is available for numerous operating systems, including
Windows,
INtime,
RTX64,
Linux,
Xenomai,
QNX,
VxWorks,
FreeRTOS,
ITRON as well as
OS-less systems. Upon request, Visutech System experts can adjust support for any operating system.
Hardware extensions for Xilinx/Intel FPGA (Altera) and Texas Instruments PRUSS Sitara CPU
Availability of IP Cores for Xilinx and for Intel FPGA (Altera) FPGAs, PRUss co-program for Texas Instrument Sitara CPUs (AM47x and AM57x) increases productivity and data processing efficiency. Implementation for AM6x is available upon request.
Online Configuration
VS EtherCAT Master can configure bus on the fly without EtherCAT configuration tools. The
Online Configurator module allows a user application to select slave’s configuration and to switch between different configurations of the slave, for example, between position control of a drive and velocity control, or between bus configurations with a different number of slaves.
Process image logging for data transferring into analytic tools
Process image (PI) logger allows to collect real-time data for transferring to other levels without influence on real-time behavior of the control system. Data can be transferred to MATLAB, LabView (TDMS format), and any other analytic tools. Moreover, Visutech System has designed a special Python extension, which allows to aggregate data into a file of any format, for example a CSV-file, for its further processing.
VS EtherCAT Master 2 advantages
A new generation of the Master core brings exceptional possibilities of the automation control over EtherCAT network. Master 1.6 has many limitations due to its inflexible and monolithic architecture. In the version 2.x we revised Master architecture and do our best to avoid all limitations of previous versions and improve and extend Master functionality.
Full description of VS EtherCAT Master 2 advantages.
