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KPA EtherCAT Master

KPA EtherCAT Master is a software stack, which corresponds to all EtherCAT Technology Group stan-dards and has numerous features, which can be used for developing of cost-optimized and powerful PLC on almost any platform (such as arm/arm64 or x86/x64) to control EtherCAT I/O produced by any vendor.

KPA EtherCAT Master is a comprehensive product for industrial automation specialists who intend to add high-speed communication capabilities to their applications and solutions. It is a second generation of EtherCAT Master by koenig-pa, implementing a new advanced architecture and several unique features that facilitate better integration and performance increase. Also, it supports a various range of operating systems.

Benefits and key features

  • Meets EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) standards
    KPA EtherCAT Master can be delivered as standard or customized feature packages. Two standard packages are available according ETG.1500 standard: Class A (Standard package) and Class B (Basic package). Moreover, koenig-pa GmbH introduces Premium package, which integrates various additional features for creating innovative applications.
  • Available for numerous operating systems, as well as OS-less systems
    KPA EtherCAT Master is available for numerous operating systems, including Windows, INtime, RTX/RTX64, Linux, Linux+Xenomai, FreeRTOS, Nucleus, QNX, VxWorks, ReWorks, Integrity, as well as OS-less systems. Upon request, koenig-pa GmbH experts can adjust support for any operating system.
  • Hardware extensions for Xilinx/Intel FPGA (Altera) and Texas Instruments PRUSS Sitara CPU
    Availability of IP Cores for Xilinx and for Intel FPGA (Altera) FPGAs, PRUss co-program for Texas Instrument Sitara CPUs (AM47x and AM57x) increases productivity and data processing efficiency.
  • Auto Configurator for online configuration
    KPA EtherCAT Master can configure bus on the fly without EtherCAT configuration tools. The Auto Configurator module allows a user application to select slave’s configuration and to switch between different configurations of the slave, for example, between position control of a drive and velocity control, or between bus configurations with a different number of slaves.
  • Process image logging for data transferring into analytic tools
    Process image (PI) logger allows to collect real-time data for transferring to other levels without influence on real-time behavior of the control system. Data can be transferred to MATLAB, LabView (TDMS format), and any other analytic tools. Moreover, koenig-pa GmbH has designed a special Python extension, which allows to aggregate data into a file of any format, for example a CSV-file, for its further processing.

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