Embedded Systems Academy Releases Tools for Automated CANopen Code Creation.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- ESAcademy[R] has extended MicroCANopen, the family of low-cost and highly optimized CANopen software protocol stacks, by adding the option to auto-create the configuration for the stack using the visual editor for Electronic Datasheet (EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. ) files, CANopen Architect EDS. CANopen is a popular higher-layer application protocol particularly suited for embedded networking applications and based on CANbus, the Controller Area Network. CANopen Architect EDS allows to create, edit and verify EDS files in a convenient and straightforward manner. These files document the communication features, data organization and access methods implemented in a network node (networking) network node - (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host". and have to be provided by the manufacturer of a CANopen device. The same information is required in embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. that contains the protocol stack in order for the functionality of the node to match with its documented features. "Setting up the configuration for a CANopen stack can be a time consuming task," says Andrew Ayre, Lead Software Engineer at ESAcademy. "Sometimes involving creating a hundred or more entries in different tables that can be related to each other. The process is prone to errors and normally has to be done a second time when creating the matching EDS. Integrating the code-creating functionality into our EDS editor and streamlining the configuration method in the various versions of MicroCANopen was a logical step to take for the benefit of our customers." Using CANopen Architect EDS it is easy to quickly create and maintain a large number of different node configurations which can then be turned into embedded firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. for the various nodes or simulated nodes for the PCANopen Magic ProDS simulation environment. Prices for a package of CANopen Architect EDS and a commercial MicroCANopen license start at $794 (US) or EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 640. For more information or to request free evaluation versions visit www.microcanopen.com and www.CANopenStore.com. About ESAcademy[R]: Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Academy Inc. (www.ESAcademy.com) with offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Germany offers training and consulting services for all aspects of Embedded Systems. With a strong focus on embedded networking applications using CANbus, CANopen or Internetworking, ESAcademy is also the creator of an extensive line of CANopen development tools, embedded software libraries and the online CANopen Store (www.CANopenStore.com). The tutors of ESAcademy wrote the book "Embedded Networking with CAN and CANopen" (www.CANopenBook.com). |
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