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[FAQ] MCU-PLUS-SDK-AM243X: EtherCAT MainDevice with TI sitara devices(AM243x/AM263x)

Nilabh Anand
Mastermind 24716 points
Part Number: MCU-PLUS-SDK-AM243X

Hello Experts,

I need to implement a standalone EtherCAT MDevice(MainDevice) on TI sitara MCU devices. My issue is where will i get a master stack to run on it?

Also will there be some sample MDevice stack with the board available for testing purposes? Could you please provide sample code?

Thanks

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    TI__Mastermind 24716 points

    Hi,

    TI does not offer EtherCAT MDevice software solutions for MCU devices. But several partners do have EtherCAT MDevice solutions for AM243 Sitara Devices

    3P solutions:

    EtherCAT MDevice Ibv-augsburg www.ibv-augsburg.de/.../
    EtherCAT MDevice  BE.Services www.be-services.com
    EtherCAT MDevice  Acontis www.acontis.com
    EtherCAT MDevice  Codesys www.codesys.com

     See PROCESSORS-3P-SEARCH and industrial protocols tab:

    Codesys is a RT Linux solution, but the other partners do also support RTOS-based solutions. Support for newer Sitara parts like AM64x might not yet be directly announced on their web pages.

    Please review the EtherCAT MDevice training series explaining the solution on older TI devices  - ethercat MDevice on sitara processors training series

    Open source suggestions:

    openethercatsociety.github.io/

    Using the TI Linux SDK you can probably write an application level EtherCAT MDevice. Above source mentioned is a starting point. I must mention that TI has not tried this stack and currently has no plans to my knowledge to support the EtherCAT MDevice stack on the MCU devices.

    I need to point out that the TI Linux SDK-based filesystem is going to launch several network daemons that will send out discovery packets on whatever EtherCAT network interface you choose. These discovery packets can impact EtherCAT cycle times.

    BR

    Nilabh A.

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    Prodigy 50 points

    Hi Nilabh,

    Jon from acontis USA here. We can help you with an EtherCAT MainDevice. We have out of the box support for TI Sitara MCUs on a few different operations systems (TI-RTOS, Linux). Please feel free to email me at j.waters@acontis.com and I can get you in touch with the right people from acontis to help you get started with our free eval.