Re: [Machinekit] Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-06-09 Thread Stephen Bell
The BBB would be the master for my use case, with devices such as servomotor drivers as slaves in a dual-redundant topology. I use the BBB Wireless, and thus don't have the onboard RJ-45. The other industrial connections would also be necessary, particularly in a push-connector form factor,

RE: [Machinekit] Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-06-09 Thread cern via Machinekit
Hi, Jun 9, 2020, 22:25 by juha.hei...@gmail.com: > Hmm out of curiosity why would you require 2 separate EtherCat ports or is it > just for a ring topology? > > If you can settle for just one, you could run the igh EtherCat master stack > on the BBB and use available LAN port. So if one is

RE: [Machinekit] Seeed to design and build Machinekit focused Cape for BeagleBone Black/AI

2020-06-09 Thread Juha Heikkilä
Hmm out of curiosity why would you require 2 separate EtherCat ports or is it just for a ring topology? If you can settle for just one, you could run the igh EtherCat master stack on the BBB and use available LAN port. So if one is enough, no need to mixup the cape with the EtherCat stuff.