Achieving broad reductions in BOM costs and development efficiency when expanding EtherCAT-ready devices to support other protocols.
EtherCAT and other industrial Ethernet systems are expanding into fields beyond factory networks. On the other hand, the conventional implementation style of industrial Ethernet introduces the issue of rising BOM costs due to an increase in the number of required components. Moreover, supporting multiple industrial Ethernet protocols require more reusable software other than industrial Ethernet protocol stack to increase development efficiency. Using servo systems for the purpose of discussion, this white paper introduces leverage of the new Renesas RZ/T2L microprocessor to achieve broad reductions in BOM costs and enhanced development efficiency when expanding EtherCAT-ready devices to support other protocols with RZ/T2M microprocessor that supports multi-protocol industrial Ethernet.
By Toshiyuki Ogawa, Industrial Automation Business Division, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit, Renesas Electronics Corporation
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