QORIQ_ETHERCAT: EtherCAT® PLC Reference Platform for QorIQ Processors

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QORIQ_ETHERCAT: EtherCAT® PLC Reference Platform for QorIQ Processors

QORIQ_ETHERCAT: EtherCAT® PLC Reference Platform for QorIQ Processors

Overview

The QorIQ® communications processors include single-, dual-, quad- and multicore processor architectures with integrated support for communications protocols such as EtherCAT.

  • The new programmable logic controller (PLC) reference platform is equipped to ease development of industrial control systems
  • PLC reference platform implements the KPA (koenig-pa GmbH) EtherCAT Master protocol with ISaGRAF Firmware and QNX Neutrino® RTOS on the high-performance QorIQ P1025 processor
  • Supported by powerful development tools from all four companies, including the KPA EtherCAT Studio, ISaGRAF 6 Workbench, QNX Momentics® Tool Suite, and CodeWarrior® Development Suit

Features

  • Integrated ISaGRAF Firmware, KPA EtherCAT Master stack and QNX Neutrino RTOS on the QorIQ® P1 Tower® module
  • EtherCAT master protocol and customer control application run simultaneously on a single QorIQ P1025 processor to deliver one millisecond EtherCAT master cycle time
  • QorIQ P1 processors can also provide simultaneous support for complex applications, as well as additional industrial protocols like PROFINET, PROFIBUS and EtherNet/IP
  • Powerful development tools include the KPA EtherCAT Studio, ISaGRAF 6 Workbench, QNX Momentics Tool Suite, and CodeWarrior® Development Suite
  • ISaGRAF 6 Workbench and Firmware kernel can fully support all IEC 61499 and IEC 61131-3 standard PLC programming languages
  • Software and hardware developed on TWR-P1025 can be easily deployed on a range of QorIQ P1 processors, including the P1012, P1021, P1016 and P1025 processors
  • QorIQ P1 processor family offers pin-compatible single-core variants for cost reduction, and dual-core variants which scale up to 3,700 million instructions per second (MIPS) for more complex control algorithms.
  • Customers may distribute processing functions across two cores, or isolate real-time control functions on one core while running maintenance and communications functions on the other core.
  • Commercial EtherCAT Master stack available from KPA
  • Commercial Neutrino RTOS available from QNX

Block Diagram

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Platform Requirements

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‎08-11-2020 07:32 PM
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