On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Nicklas Karlsson < nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >So far I spent only a few hours to look for linuxcnc Ethercat driver. > > > > https://forum.linuxcnc.org/24-hal-components/22346-ethercat- > hal-driver?limitstart=0 > > I found the EtherCAT master is integrated into the Linux kernel. Also > support for RTAI, Xenomai, RT-Prempt. It looks really promising, just have > to figure howto use in linuxcnc. > With Ethercat the Master is easy. It can use standard Ethernet hardware. The slave can NOT use standard ethernet hardware. There is the hitch. you can buy Ethercat slave controllers for quite a lot of money or try to make one but for that you need some special ASIC chips and custom PCBs. Not a home shop type project. That said here is a VERY detailed walk through of how one person built an open source Ethercat slave. https://youtu.be/i7gFqLQb0EA The video is very good and he walks through the design in detail. Actually, it was enough to make me think canbus might be simpler. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
