Introduction; Requirements - ASIX AX58200 User Manual

1. Introduction

This document introduces how to setup entire environment for GPIO / AIO application on AX58200 evaluation
platform (TSB + EXB-ADIO boards). The demo application of EtherCAT master side develops by PLC
(Programmable Logic Controller) language through BECKHOFF TwinCAT engineering (XAE). The IDE rely
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 / 2013. We can execute the application through the mentioned IDE or pure
BECKHOFF runtime package (XAR). The firmware part of EtherCAT slave side develops by C language
through ARM KEIL MDK (Microcontroller Development Kit).
The firmware part mainly handles below affairs:
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BECKHOFF SSC (Slave Stack Code)
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Hardware access of SSC through SPI interface at MCU side
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Simple object form for CIA-401 digital/analog IO
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Peripherals (GPIO / ADC / DAC) accessed by EtherCAT PD (Process Data)
The PLC part mainly handles below affairs:
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PD mapping / handling by PLC for GPIO / AIO
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A demo GUI

2. Requirements

Before starting to setup the environment, we should prepare some software and hardware. Of course, they
are all running based on general desktop PC with windows 7 / 10 operation systems. We list software /
hardware requirements as following:
[Software at EtherCAT master side]
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Windows 7 / 10 operation system
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 / 2013
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Beckhoff TwinCAT XAE v3.1.4022.28 or later
Note: You can download the BECKHOFF TwinCAT
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