Product presentationsNews about TSN & OPC UA
OPC UA is now finding its way into new products across the board. But more and more companies are also including the term TSN in their product descriptions. The picture gallery presents some of these innovations.
According to the manufacturer, the Antaios multi-fieldbus communication chip from Profichip enables the flexible implementation of high-performance real-time Ethernet communication protocols such as Profinet IRT or TSN/OPC UA. The chip's real-time Ethernet unit is programmable, which means that all Ethernet-based protocols can be supported. In contrast to other implementations, the I/O data is made available via a hardware interface (consistency interface). Slow access via software callback functions and longer copy routines are not necessary. This means that the I/O data is available in real time. The user also has the option of separating the Profinet consumer/provider states from the I/O data via the consistency interface. The multi-fieldbus communication chip supports all Ethernet-based protocols: it can be used as an Ethercat slave controller. Services such as EoE (Ethernet over Ethercat), FoE (File Access over Ethercat) and CoE (CANopen over Ethercat) are supported. A certified Profinet I/O device software stack with various application examples is also available. A software library (client and server) is available for Modbus/TCP. Master and slave software stacks are also available for Mechatrolink-III. Certification of the chip for Ethernet/IP is planned for the first quarter of 2019. In the area of TSN with OPC UA, initial adaptations have already been implemented in the Antaios microcode.