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Sercos SoftMaster

  • Master

Categories: Software Components, Tools

Generation: III

Sercos SoftMaster

Product features:

  • No FPGA or ASIC needed
  • A sufficient real-time performance can be ensured for a large number of applications
  • A synchronization similar to that of a hardware-based master can be achieved using an Ethernet controller

By using a Sercos III SoftMaster, a Sercos III master device can be implemented without specific FPGAs or ASIC Sercos III hardware controller

Instead, a standard Ethernet controller is used and the Sercos III hardware functions are emulated in a host-based driver software. With this implementation approach, a sufficient real-time performance can be ensured for a large number of applications.

If an Ethernet controller is used that operates with multiple queues and a telegram scheduler (e.g., the INTEL i210™), a synchronization similar to that of a hardware-based master can be achieved.

The Open Source Sercos SoftMaster is available as a free download under this link.

 

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