Newsletter

Fall 2020

Welcome to the acontis technologies newsletter. We strive to issue this newsletter every few months to keep you informed about our latest updates and developments.

We hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy as we continue to navigate life and work during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We created a new YouTube channel with instructional videos. Please check it out and consider subscribing for notifications of future videos we are planning.

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acontis technologies

We are also working on a new developer site where we will host dynamic versions of our documentation. This is still a work in progress, but you can find our EC-Master manual already. We welcome any feedback that would make this more useful for you during development and use of our software.

Developer Site

Latest Updates

EC-Master has been updated to version 3.1. This update primarily refactors our example applications, but also adds support for integration with the new EC-Simulator as well as our new NDIS Filter Module. The release also includes bug fixes and support for new hardware platforms.

For more information on these and other developments, simply request an update via the button below.
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Current Version

Our EtherCAT Master software version 3.1.0.16 is available now. For a full list of changes please see our Release Notes.

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New Real-time Data Acquisition (DAQ) Library

We have created a new library for use with EC-Master that makes it possible to record process data for different use cases. Most EtherCAT data loggers are not real-time and only suitable for a long-term protocol. Typically the sample rates are quite slow around 1 second in most cases. With the acontis Real-time Data Acquisition Library the sample rates can be as fast as the EtherCAT communication cycle. It is possible to acquire process data variables, application variables and other diagnostic information

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Latest Updates

We recently released EC-Engineer V3.3. Some recent new features include:

  • Integrations for EC-Simulator and Real-time DAQ Library
  • Script Automation
  • Integrated NDIS Filter Driver (no more need for WinPcap/Npcap)
  • Enhanced slave-to-slave "within the cycle" configuration
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YouTube Tutorial Series

On our YouTube Channel, we have several videos in a playlist for setting up and using EC-Engineer. We are continuing to add more videos to this tutorial series, so please subscribe to our channel for future updates.

EC-Engineer Tutorial Series
EC-Engineer Tutorial Series

Current Version

Our EtherCAT configuration and diagnostic tool EC-Engineer version 3.3.0 is available now. Please click the button below to register for an update.

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Latest Updates

We recently updated our VxWin and LxWin solutions to V7.0. This new version takes advantage of new features in Intel's Resource Director Technology (RDT) like includes support for Cache Allocation Technology (CAT) and Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA). Many Intel Xeon CPUs and a variety of Intel Embedded CPUs from the E39xx series support these features.

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Current Version

Our Windows Real-time Hypervisor solutions LxWin and VxWin version 7.0.08 is available now. For a full list of changes please see our Release Notes.

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Events

We will be hosting a joint webinar together with Toradex on October 28. Please register and plan to attend if you are interested in learning how you can easily setup and get started with your EtherCAT Master application.

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Recent Blog Articles

Why RT-Linux is the Best Solution for Adding Real-time Capabilities to Windows
EtherCAT Cycle Time Calculator
Using EC-Engineer with TI C2000 Microcontrollers
EtherCAT Troubleshooting: How to Diagnose Problems
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