EC-Master Tutorial: Getting Started with EtherCAT on Raspberry Pi 3 Running Linux
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- A quick introduction video demonstrating how to quickly run the acontis EtherCAT Master (EC-Master) evaluation demo application in Linux on the Raspberry Pi 3.
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Hello, is this applicable on raspberry pi 4 model B? What kind of minimal HW configuration of raspberry pi should be used? On the web site I found that pi CM4 with I/O board is mentioned, but I'd like to know if cheaper variant would be sufficient? I'd like to try with Raspberry Pi 4 Computer Model B, 1.50 GHz, 4GB RAM Light Starter Kit.
Hi @adendenitz934, yes, this is applicable for other Raspberry Pi variants. The one you mention with a 1.5GHz processor and 4GB RAM should also be more than enough resources. The CPU frequency and memory required will depend on your application and how many SubDevices you are using in your network. Still, we generally say a minimal configuration would require between 400 and 900 KB of ROM (FLASK or DISK) and at least 300 KB of RAM, but increasing as the devices increase and typically need several MB.
@@acontistechnologies Thank you, I'll try it. Keep up the good work!
please add some explanation and board work for beginners.
Thank you for the feedback. We are working on more videos to help beginners, be on the lookout!
Hello Acontis,
Hope you're doing well :)
I'm working on ECAT technology, and I'm new bee in this communication protocol,
So what if I use Linux instead of windows, is that good choice. If yes just let me know the process to use latest raspberry PI.
Please help me in this So that I can use all the APIs related to ECAT communication protocol in Linux environment.
Thanks 😊
Yes, Linux is a great choice for an EtherCAT Master. You can download the Raspberry Pi Imager from their website here: www.raspberrypi.com/software/.
From here you can install a Linux distribution for your OS on the SD card. After that you will need to contact us to get an evaluation version of our EtherCAT Master EC-Master and we can help you get started: www.acontis.com/en/ethercat-support-eval-request.html.
Do you have any examples with a motor?
Yes we have a motion library based on PLCopen and an example application that uses this.
Is this applicable to Rpi 4?
The process for Rpi 4 should be similar. Let us know if you run into any trouble on that system or need any help.
DO you windows version
Yes we do! www.acontis.com/en/ethercat-master-windows.html