> ... > For more hard real time applications the MilCAN protocol is more ideal > because all the messages are synchronized to SYNC FLAG messages and the > arbitration is limited to within a SYNC FLAG period avoiding jitter on > messages. But there's pretty well nothing available commercially for MilCAN > unfortunately.
CANopen have a SYNC message, this is not as good as SYNC FLAG? > > Where CAN bus systems really excel in automation is for things like tool > changers and part loaders/unloaders, control of coolant and other devices etc. Sound reasonable. I plan to use it over Ethercat, its just to get some kind of standarized message for configuration or whenever there is a need to communicate with the device. > Still one of the best books on CANopen is this one. Looks like it's back in > print too. I've used it to create a master CANopen Stack. > https://www.canopenbook.com/ Nice picture, I will try to look at it. Regards Nicklas Karlsson _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users