ECS-CPCIs/FPGA

EtherCAT slave interface card for CompactPCI® Serial

ECS-CPCIs/FPGA is an EtherCAT slave controller board for the CompactPCI Serial Bus (CPCIs). The Beckhoff® IP core is implemented in the Intel® FPGA and configured for 8 FMMUs, 8 sync managers, 60 kB DPRAM and 64 bit distributed clocks.
The FPGA connects the CompactPCI Serial bus with the two interfaces to the EtherCAt network, which are accessible via the front panel.

Versatile Application

Due to the simple hardware topology and the use of a "soft" controller, the design offers maximum flexibility. The CompactPCI Serial system can act as an EtherCAT I/O node. An EtherCAT master can communicate with this EtherCAT SubDevice and supports different EtherCAT protocols, such as CoE, FoE and EoE.

Sync/Latch I/Os and Share I/Os via the pin header assembled on the ECS-CPCIs/FPGA.
36 I/Os with 3.3V LVTTL level are provided, including the signals from the EtherCAT slave controller: 2x Sync and 2x Latch for system synchronization.

Software Support

Device drivers for Windows® and Linux® with documentation and EtherCAT Slave examples are included in the scope of delivery. Drivers for other operating systems, especially real-time operating systems, are available on request.