Microcontroller as a Slave

zeydrjeb · ‎2015-05-19

Posted on May 19, 2015 at 09:41

I want to set up an EtherCAT Network, First I have installed IgH EtherCAT Master in my PC (Ubuntu 14.04) and RTAI 4.1 as RTOS

Can I use microcontroller such as STM32 as a slave

Thanks in advance

este00 · ‎2015-05-19

Posted on May 19, 2015 at 19:23

Yes.

It seems yo have a lot of reading to do. I'd suggest maybe examining what it is a microcontroller does and some basics.

zeydrjeb · ‎2015-05-26

Posted on May 26, 2015 at 14:22

that's means that STM32 is able to proxcess data on the fly??

jpeacock · ‎2015-05-26

Posted on May 26, 2015 at 19:24

Any controller can process data on the fly, as long as the arrival rate doesn't overrun the processing plus output rate. That's the essence of designing an embedded controller, determining the resources needed to meet requirements and the most economical fit of hardware to the requirements.

Jack Peacock

simon ferrer · ‎2017-10-21

Posted on October 21, 2017 at 19:15

STM32 does not embed any Ethercat slave controller. You will have to connect an external one through SPI, as the Beckhoff ET1100), or you may use the Hilscher NetX52. See

http://www.st.com/i-nucleo-netx

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