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TMS320F28379D: beckhoff ethercat support with F2837xD

michael silverman
Prodigy 20 points
Part Number: TMS320F28379D
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DESIGNDRIVE, CONTROLSUITE, C2000WARE,

Tool/software:

I'm having a lot of trouble with version dependences between the Slave Stack Code Tool and TI's support packages.

I am using a F2837xD chip. After a lot of research and experimentation I have found that I'm required to use: Slave Stack Code Tool v5.11, TI Control Suite and DesignDrive.

The problem with this configuration is that TI ControlSuite is now deprecated (DesignDrive too?) and the Slave Stack Code Tool is now up to v5.13. I was told v5.11 is very old and has some issues that have since been resolved.

If I were using the F2838x micro, I would have support in C2000Ware and at least the newer more stable output of SSC Tool v5.12. 

Am I missing something? The TMS320F28379D is still in production.. where is the project for SSC Tool >=5.12 as well as the C2000Ware HAL?

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    TI__Mastermind 36526 points

    Hi, 

    I want to warn you that we do not have the capability to provide good design support for EtherCAT for the F2837X devices. Our intention since releasing F2838X is that new customers using EtherCAT would develop with the newer device for many reasons. 

    We are trying to understand why some customers wish to use EtherCAT with the F2837X device instead of F2838X or F28P65X. Could you please tell me more about why you want to use F2837X for etherCAT instead of one of these newer devices? If you are more comfortable sharing this information offline, please send me a private message (I have just sent you a friend request). We would greatly appreciate this information, since it will impact our decision on how we will support F2837X etherCAT boards going forward.

    Best Regards,

    Ben Collier