Press Releases from esd electronics, Inc (8 total)
PMC PowerPC Board with Gigabit Ethernet, USB and CAN
The PMC-CPU/440 is a PCI Mezzanine Card that automatically switches to monarch (PrPMC) or non-monarch mode ac-cording to the system’s requirements. The PowerPCTM AMCC PPC440EPx with 533 MHz or 667 MHz enables a performance of 1334 DMIPS peak, is equipped with at least 256 Mbyte DDR2 RAM and 256 Mbyte NAND Flash, and offers system time sup¬port by RTC (with double layer capacitor) or IRIG-B. For CAN bus synchronization tasks,…
esd electronics, Inc announces the release of its newest software product, the e …
esd electronics, Inc SAE J1939 is a Controller Area Network (CAN) [ISO11898] based protocol developed to provide a standard architecture through which multiple Electronic Control Units (ECUs) on a vehicle can communicate. Based on the extended frame format (29-bit identifier) of the CAN 2.0B specification, it uses a fixed baud rate of 250 Kbit/s.
The esd J1939 Stack design allows quick development of applications supporting the SAE J1939 protocol. Written in…
EtherCAT Master Software For Embedded Operating Systems
esd electronics, Inc. announces the release of the newest product in their EtherCAT® product line, an EtherCAT® Master software for Windows, Linux, QNX, and vxWorks.
EtherCAT® is an Ethernet-based fieldbus protocol optimized for high-speed, real-time industrial control based on a Master/Slave configuration. For instance, process data exchange with 1000 distributed digital I/O requires approximately thirty micro-seconds. Data for 100 servo axes can be updated with a frequency of up to 10…
esd electronics, Inc releases VME Carrier Board for PMC Modules
esd electronics, Inc. announces the release of the VME-PMC-CADDY developed to allow the upgrade of established VME computer systems to newer-technology PMC boards. This module provides a perfect solution for extending the life of existing VME systems, or even replacing discontinued VME components.
The VME-PMC-CADDY is a VME64-based board carrying up to two PMC modules of any kind. The board uses the Tundra UNIVERSE CA91C142 PCI bridge with an internal clock…
Fieldbus Conference 2009 includes EtherCAT Seminar
esd electronics, Inc announces their 2nd annual Fieldbus Conference on October 8, 2009 at the beautiful Warren Center near Boston!
This year’s conference revolves around industrial networking technologies; with the focus on EtherCAT, an extremely fast and reliable fieldbus system based on Ethernet. EtherCAT, as well as other Ethernet-based systems, are challenging established technologies such as, CANopen, DeviceNet, and others.
Industrial Ethernet technologies are a formidable challenge to CAN and CANopen as…
Monitoring CAN and SAE J1939 Networks per Ethernet
Greenfield, MA - May 13, 2009. esd electronics, Inc. announces the release of its EtherCAN product, a device supporting the remote monitoring of CAN or SAE J1939 networks. The EtherCAN has a virtually unlimited range of distance and the configuration allows for connection with a wireless router.
One of the ingenious features of Controller Area Network (CAN), the bit monitoring, contributes not only to the enormous reliability of the technology, but…
Complimentary Live Webinar - The Fundamentals of CANopen for Industrial Machine …
esd electronics, Inc and maxon precision motors invite you to join them at a complimentary webinar on March 12, 2009. Wilfred Voss, President of esd electronics, and Kirk Barker, Electronics Product Manager at maxon precision motors, are the presenters at this informative, educational event.
CANopen is an industrial networking system used in millions of applications worldwide. A proven serial bus based on Controller Area Network (CAN) technology that links multiple devices…
esd electronics, Inc. Fieldbus Seminars - Call for papers
Wilfried Voss, President of esd electronics USA announced his plans to continue the popular CAN (Controller Area Network) Seminar Series in 2009 with the addition of presentations on Ethernet technology and under a new name, “Fieldbus Seminars.” Mr. Voss stated, "The technical sessions in 2008 have been very well received and we were very pleased with the attendance." Mr. Voss went on to comment, "besides the basics of CAN, we…
