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TIOL111: Master device operation

Part Number: TIOL111

Team,

I have a customer that wants to communicate with an IO Link Slave Device. In this case it is not a standard Factory Automation application, so they don't want to use a IO Link Field Module such as

Do we have any suggestions for how to build a simple IO Link Master device that can communicate with a slave? Can the TIOL111 still be used as an IO Link PHY on the Master side if the customer can manage to implement a IO Link master stack on a MCU?

Thanks and Regards,

Mihir

  • Mihir,

    Yes, with appropriate software stack and with some additional external components the TIOL111 device can be used to realize an IO-Link master function. We are working on some reference materials around this usage, but unfortunately I don't think anything is publicly available at this time. I'll loop you in privately with the team investigating this, though, and they can give you some further information.

    Regards,
    Max
  • Hi Max, I am also interested in an IO-Link master solution. Would it be possible to give me an update on the progress on the stack?

  • Hi Shawn, 

    Thank you for your inquiry.  I will check with the IO-Link master development team for the latest status and follow up with you shortly.

    -Jonathan

  • Hi Shawn,

    Currently our TI-Design is still in development with a planned release for the second quarter of this year (Q2-2018). Also, this may be a minor point, but TI is developing a hardware solution using a stack developed by one of the prominent IO-Link stack developers. The hardware design should be able to be modified to work with any other IO-Link stack available once it is complete.

    - Jonathan
  • Hi Jonathan, 

    Thanks very much for your response. I am really interested please can you keep me in the loop for Q2 release. Anything you could provide in the interim, advance code or documentation would be of great benefit .. ..

    Happy Friday

    Shawn