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The EC-STA EtherCAT Slave Test Application is useful for manufacturers of EtherCAT slave devices to perform comprehensive tests based on the proven and widely used EC-Master stack. Typically, the EC-STA will be used while creating and testing EtherCAT slave software as well as for slave production tests. The core component of the EC-STA is a Windows application based on the Microsoft .NET technology and written in the C# programming language. As the complete source code is included, the user is able to add customer-specific functions very easily, for example running automatic, script based test sequences. The EC-STA offers a comfortable and clear user interface with many features and allows testing any existing EtherCAT slave device.

Important: To assure that a EtherCAT Slave Device is conforming to the EtherCAT Standard the EtherCAT Slave Conformance Tool has to be used.
See: http://www.ethercat.org/en/conformance.html

The EtherCAT Automation Protocol (EAP) defines interfaces and services for an equal exchange of information between controllers (master/master communication) or for interfacing with a central master computer. The cyclic EAP communication can be handled directly in the user data of an Ethernet telegram, without the need for an additional transport or backup protocol. The EAP therefore enables very efficient data exchange without significant protocol overhead, with cycle times down to one millisecond or even faster. EAP is the preferred choice to implement a fast controller to controller communication. The protocol can used on any system equipped with a Standard Ethernet Controller. The lean protocol is suitable for high performance PCs as well as for low power ARM controllers.

The acontis RTOSVisor solution is Type 1 Real-time Hypervisor that is an optional and independent enhancement of acontis' Type 2 Real-time Hypervisor solutions for Windows (LxWin and VxWin). This solution enables customers to fulfill demands for more sophisticated use cases. It is a perfect fit for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices, Edge Controllers, high-end Real-time hardware, and workload consolidation.

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VxWorks from Windriver is one of the leading real-time operating systems in the world. In many industrial solutions you will find a VxWorks system that handles the real-time tasks combined with a Windows-PC for visualization, database programming and/or ERP connection.

Available since 1995 VxWin provides the possibility to run VxWorks together with Windows on the same PC where it keeps its full real-time capabilities.

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Introduzione alla tecnologia EtherCAT e al protocollo EtherCAT

Arm DSTREAM-ST è un dispositivo di debug & trace ad alte prestazioni per la messa a punto e l’ottimizzazione del software sviluppato le piattaforme hardware basate su processori Arm.

Consente agli sviluppatori di implementare e gestire i loro progetti in modo sempre più efficace e completo.

Realizzato su base C/C++, Arm Development Studio è la nuovissima toolchain che Arm ha espressamente pensato per la progettazione integrata di qualsiasi sistema Arm-based, ovvero di qualsiasi soluzione embedded che utilizzi SoC realizzati su base architetturale Cortex.

Consente di gestire in un unico IDE l’intera gamma dei processori Arm: Cortex-M, Cortex-R e Cortex-A. Per i progetti basati su Cortex-M, Arm Development Studio integra al gran completo le funzionalità di Keil MDK, l’ambiente di sviluppo attualmente più performante di cui gli sviluppatori possano avvalersi per lo sviluppo di soluzioni che sfruttano, per l’appunto, l’architettura Cortex-M.

The certification of safety end-products requires a compiler toolchain used in development to be qualified according to appropriate functional safety standards. The process of qualifying these tools known as ‘Tool Qualification’ or ‘Tool Validation’ can be time-consuming and expensive process. Moreover, it doesn’t offer any differentiation to the end-product. While end-users have to be responsible for the overall tool qualification process, vendors of development tools can make this process much easier by offering tools that are qualified to appropriate safety standards.

Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa is a qualified C/C++ toolchain that has been assessed by safety-accredited certification body, TÜV SÜD. The qualified toolchain is suitable for developing embedded software for safety markets including automotive, industrial, medical, railways and aviation.

With a TÜV certificate and a comprehensive Qualification Kit, Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa greatly simplifies the overall ‘Tool Qualification’ process allowing end-users to focus on their end-product development.

Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa is qualified for developing software that meets the highest level of safety integrity for the following standards:

• IEC 61508 (Industrial) – SIL 3
• ISO 26262 (Automotive) – ASIL D
• EN 50128 (Railways) – SIL 4
• IEC 62304 (Medical) – Class C

For other safety standards, many of which have been derived from IEC 61508, the Qualification Kit provides the key information required by end-users need to perform ‘Tool Validation’.

For faster safety development and go-to-market, the Certified C Library can be licensed separately in addition to the Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa. The library is a subset of the standard C library consisting of approximately 200 functions that have been specifically implemented and optimized for use in safety development.