SERCOS III Implementation SERCOS Seminar Atlanta September 16, 2009 Peter Lutz, Managing Director SERCOS International e.V.

SERCOS III Implementation

SERCOS Seminar AtlantaSeptember 16, 2009

Peter Lutz, Managing DirectorSERCOS International e.V.

No. 2(c) SERCOS International 2009

SERCOS III – Hardware

FPGA solutions SERCON100M/S based on

Xilinx Spartan-3 and Altera Cyclone II devices

Netlist option for Xilinx Spartan-3/3E and Altera Cyclone II/III devices

Integrating SERCOS III into universal communication controllers Support of multiple Real-

Time Ethernet protocols

SERCON100M/S

No. 3(c) SERCOS International 2009

SERCOS III – Soft-Master (1)Concept

SERCOS III Master with active SERCOS III interface board

SERCOS III Master with passive SERCOS III interface board

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No. 4(c) SERCOS International 2009

SERCOS III – Soft-Master (2) Realization of Profimatics

Quelle Bilder : Intel, Kontron, BoschRexroth

Core2Duo@1,2GHz

Sercos III Softmaster

PLC/Motion

Core1:Sercos III Softmaster Core2: SPS/Motion/GUI

- Software-based Solution- Jitter ~1-3µs

PC-based Hardwarewith Standard Ethernet Hardware (onboard)

No. 5(c) SERCOS International 2009

Cooperation with OSADL

Cooperation between SERCOS International and OSADL:

Common Aim: Integration of SERCOS III master driver in mainline Linux

Membership of SERCOS International in OSADL Membership of OSADL in SERCOS International

No. 6(c) SERCOS International 2009

SERCOS Master Library becomes Open Source

Application

MasterDriverLibrary

IP Core

SERCOS III Hard-Master

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…Hardware …Software („closed“) …Software („open“)

GNU Public License (GPL)

Freedoms

• to use the software for any purpose

• to distribute the software

• to analyze and modify the source code

• to distribute the modifications to the software (obligation!)