Hello everyone!
We just created a tutorial found on both our Hackster.io_page as well as the Arduino Project Hub (the link is found on the description of the YouTube video below as well as our Crowd Supply campaign page and Esmacat website) using our latest product EASE!!! This tutorial demonstrates an LCD shield connected to an Arduino Uno sharing input data from buttons on the shield with a motor shield on a separate Arduino to rotate a specific motor and control the speed at which it rotates. This tutorial showcases how to use a Raspberry Pi as the EtherCAT master where the EtherCAT slaves share their data rather then a typical PC with Windows/Linux or a generic EtherCAT master device. The tutorial page also has a full PDF tutorial of the demo that goes more into detail.
The video below displays the final result of following the tutorial.
EASE is a an Arduino Shield capable of connecting multiple Arduino boards/shields together through EtherCAT using an Ethernet daisy chain topology. Using an EtherCAT master, the boards can share data with each other creating a large system for any projects from robotics to home automation. EASE is also capable of connecting Arduino/other Arduino-like boards to an existing EtherCAT system. All of the EtherCAT software runs on the EtherCAT shield rather than the base board so there isn’t any performance lost! EASE can be used for projects as small as the tutorial above to large projects for engineering automation purposes!
Our Esmacat website has our open-source Esmacat EtherCAT master software as well as an Arduino library for EASE. More info on EASE can be found here as well.
Please check out our Crowd Supply campaign page to support EASE! EASE will be ready to ship out in March with the backing from the campaign. Share if you can!
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