Any activity around profibus lately? There seem to be a cape available, sort of... http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_ProfiBus
How about drivers and profibus stack? /Janne On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:11:51 -0800 (PST) pezman <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah -- the TMDXICE3359 has the PROFIBUS firmware in one of the PRUs > for various modes of operation (DPV0 & DPV1 in both slave and master > modes, iirc). I guess that the question really boils down to how > tough it is, in principle, to take the stack code and bake it into the > Angstrom build -- with the PRU stuff being the most ticklish part of > the question. > > I do have the TMDXICE3359 on order ($99 and free shipping). I'm not > sure what the specs are on memory etc. It seems to run an ad-hoc > kernel of some sort. > > If I do manage to bake some of the various industrial protocols into > the Angstrom build, I'll post a little "how to". > > Sure do like these AM335x chips, though -- they seem perfect for > process control applications. > > On Dec 12, 9:00 am, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Profibus is driven by a serial output, Tx and Rx from the > > processor. There are several of these ports available on the > > expansion header, so I see no issue in the BeagleBone supporting > > Profibus. There is also a CAN port on the expansion header as well, > > but you will need to provide a driver for it. > > > > Gerald > > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:02 PM, pezman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I found this article extremely interesting: > > >http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/sprt622/sprt622.pdf > > > > > But it's not quite clear to me whether I can stuff this PROFI > > > capability into the BBone. > > > Also, CAN would be quite nice ... > > > > > All of the Beagles are awesome, btw -- its just that all of the > > > untapped power under the hood mocks me, and makes me act all > > > needy. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > Google Groups "Beagle Board" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard?hl=en. > > > > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
