Renesas and Vector Informatik cooperate on CANopen software for industrial Ethernet controllers

Five times more efficient in Ethernet packet processing and reducing the overall power consumption by 50%, Renesas’ R-IN32M3 multi-protocol industrial Ethernet solutions feature a revolutionary hardware accelerator design. Limiting the impact on the overall power dissipation while offering the most robust implementation, EtherCAT and CC-Link IE real-time protocols are implemented in hardware.

Software based protocols like EtherNet/IP, PROFINET RT, and Modbus TCP run on the ARM Cortex M3 processor with 1.3MB embedded RAM attached. The R-IN devices include Ethernet PHYs, various fieldbus interfaces and multiple peripheral modules, thanks to the high degree of integration.

A CAN-based protocol, CANopen is a standard for open networking of sensors, actuators and controllers in the industrial field. Many years of experience in this field have given Vector an extensive know-how. Using Vector’s CANopen implementation, users can achieve significant time savings. The user can concentrate on the integration of the application. Enabling a secure and CANopen-compliant implementation of the project, the code corresponds to the most recent version of the CANopen DS-301 communication profile.