Cannon-Automata Sercos & CAN Fieldbusses / GH Binroth

Sercos the Automation Bus and CAN with CANopen Protocol

Cannon-Automata Sercos & CAN Fieldbusses Cannon-Automata’s history is clearly linked to the Sercos and CAN fieldbusses. The company has worked intensively on both hardware and software technologies since their introduction. Cannon-Automata is the worldwide leader in Sercos components and implementations and the company’s long experience makes it a reliable and competent OEM partner and recognized manufacturer of automation devices like I/O systems, drives, and machines.

Sercos III

Sercos III

Sercos III combines the advantages of Sercos II fieldbusses and Ethernet TCP/IP communication. The result is extreme performance with low cost and ease of use. Cannon-Automata is the market leader in Sercos III hardware and software components. Our products are used by well-known manufacturers of drives, I/Os, controls and many application specific field devices. What’s more, Cannon-Automata makes it simple and affordable to use Sercos III.

Sercos III

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Cannon-Automata Sercos III

Sercos III Hardware

Cannon-Automata Sercos III Topology Extension
Sercos III Topology Extension

Thanks to the TopoExtension, Sercos networks can now be installed more flexibly in a machine or system. In addition to ring and line topologies, branches can now be realized and field devices integrated via a single cable.

With a single cable several cabinets or machine modules can be connected without losing the advantages of ring topology. Also only a single cable is needed to integrate field devices in a ring or line topology—including a power supply.

Features include:

  • Sercos topology expansion
  • Flexible bus installation by branches within ring or line topologies
  • Connection and disconnection of bus segments while operation
  • Connection of field devices via a single cable

Cannon-Automata Sercos III Topology Extension

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Cannon-Automata Sercos III PCIexpress Board 700388x0<
Sercos III PCIexpress Board 700388x0
  • 1 or 2 Sercos III interfaces (other realtime ethernet protocols like EtherCAT and Powerlink on demand)
    • 1 x ALTERA FPGA Cyclone IV series
    • supported SERCON100 IP-Cores
  • SERCON100M
  • SERCON100S
    • PCI busmaster, DMA access
    • NIOSII (Softcore CPU), 8 MB FLASH, 8 MB SDRAM, communication stack(s) and optional application software onboard (option)
  • Software support
  • 4 LED's per interface
  • 512 kB NVRAM w/o battery/accu (option)

Cannon-Automata Sercos III PCIexpress Board 700388x0

 
Cannon-Automata Sercos III PCI board (Xilinx) 700353x0
Sercos III PCI board (Xilinx) 700353x0
  • 1 or 2 passive sercos III interfaces based on XILINX XC3S400 FPGA
  • supported SERCON100 IP-Cores
    • SERCON100M
    • SERCON100S
  • Software support
    • AUTOMATA sercos III master communication stack
    • AUTOMATA sercos III slave communication stack
    • MDT Parser
    • oCoDeSys IEC-61131 SoftPLC
  • CPLD for additional functions
  • 4 LED's per interface
  • 64 kB NVRAM w/o battery/accu (option)

Cannon-Automata Sercos III PCI board (Xilinx) 700353x0

 
Cannon-Automata Sercos III PCI board (Altera) 700378x0
Sercos III PCI board (Altera) 700378x0
  • 1 or 2 Sercos III interfaces (other realtime ethernet protocols like EtherCAT and Powerlink on demand)
  • second Sercos III interface over an extension board
  • 1 x ALTERA FPGA Cyclone IV series
  • supported SERCON100 IP-Cores
    • SERCON100M
    • SERCON100S
  • NIOSII (Softcore CPU), 8 MB FLASH, 8 MB SDRAM, communication stack(s) and optional application software onboard (option)
  • Software support
    • AUTOMATA Sercos III master communication stack (onboard or extern)
    • MDT Parser
    • CoDeSys IEC-61131 SoftPLC
  • 4 LED's per interface
  • 512 kB NVRAM w/o battery/accu (option)

Cannon-Automata Sercos III PCI board (Altera) 700378x0

 
Cannon-Automata Sercos III Evaluation Kit
Sercos III Evaluation Kit

The evaluation kit allows master and slave implementations based on different FPGA types (ALTERA, XILINX or LATTICE). It consists of two boards (FPGA module and base board) plus an optional expansion module. The evaluation kit is compatible with the real-time Ethernet standards Sercos III, EtherCAT and Powerlink.

Three different FPGA modules are available: with an ALTERA EPC3C16/25, with a XILINX Spartan 3 XC3Ex and with a LATTICE ECP3-35K. Thanks to its compact dimensions and its wide bus and IO interface the FPGA module can also be integrated into master or slave devices. This saves costs and reduces the time to market.

The evaluation kit is suitable in particular for test implementations and performance measurements of Sercos III master and slave devices based on combinations of Sercos III master or slave IP core with micro-controller IP cores (e.g. MicroBlaze, NIOS2, Mico32, ARM, 68k) and other optional functions—so called SoPC solutions.

In addition to the programmable versions, complete low-cost Sercos III master or slave implementations based on the evaluation kit are available.

  • Base board
    • 16 DI, 16 DO, all with status LEDs
    • 2 x HEX rotary switches, 1 DIP switch
    • SERCOS III status LED, RESET button
    • 2 x RJ45 jacks
    • RS232 interface
    • socket for expansion modules
    • 24VDC or 5VDC power supply
    • Size: 120 x 100 mm
  • FPGA modules
    • ALTERA Cyclone III series, XILINX Spartan 3E series, LATTICE ECP3 series
    • available CPU IP-Cores: NIOS2, MicroBlaze, Mico32, ARM, ...
    • 8 MB FLASH, 4 MB SDRAM
    • applicable for sercos III SERCON100M/S IP-Cores (other Realtime-Ethernet protocols like EtherCAT or Powerlink on demand)
  • Expansion modules
    • 4 AI, 4 AO
    • (others under work)
  • Software support
    • AUTOMATA sercos III master communication stack
    • AUTOMATA sercos III slave communication stack
    • MDT Parser

Cannon-Automata Sercos III Evaluation Kit

Sercos II

Sercos II

Since the Sercos interface (IEC/EN 61491) was launched at the beginning of the 1990s, its outstanding real-time characteristics has helped establish it as the defacto standard for applications requiring the synchronization of a larger number of axes. Today it is used from classic CNC machines to fast and precise motion control in all areas of automation like packaging machines, textile machines and printing presses. More and more I/O stations—in addition to drives—are being connected to the Sercos II, making a separate fieldbus redundant for most standalone machines.

Cannon-Automata Sercos II

Cannon-Automata Sercos II
 
Cannon-Automata Sercos II PCI boards
Sercos II PCI boards

Sercos II PCI boards are available with one or two SERCON816 based interfaces.

One Interface 70033110
  • Interface: PCI
  • IRQ-setting: PNP
  • Baudrates: 2/4/8/16 Mbit/s
  • Diagnosis LEDs: 2
  • Hardware SYNC: Yes
  • Size (LxWxH mm): 149x123x20
  • Temperature Range: 0°–55° C
  • Special Features: Selectable byte-order (little endian or big endian)
  • SERCdrv (WINDOWS CE, VxWorks, Linux,…), SERCslave; Software is not included in the hardware price
Two Interfaces 70033160
  • Interface: PCI
  • IRQ-setting: PNP
  • Baudrates: 2/4/8/16 Mbit/s
  • Diagnosis LEDs: 4
  • Hardware SYNC: Yes
  • Size (LxWxH mm): 149x123x20
  • Temperature Range: 0°–55° C
  • Special Features: Internal synchronization of both interfaces
  • SERCdrv (WINDOWS CE, VxWorks, Linux,…), SERCslave; Software is not included in the hardware price

Cannon-Automata Sercos II PCI boards

CAN Hardware and Software

CAN Hardware and Software

CAN is a widely used fieldbus, developed for automotive applications in the early 1980’s. Cannon-Automata has used CAN intensively in industrial machine control applications such as injection molding, woodworking machines, packaging, and textiles.

Because CAN offers reliable, easy to handle and very cost-effective solutions Cannon-Automata uses it as the standard fieldbus for all its control systems.

For users who want to upgrade their industrial PCs with CAN functionality Cannon-Automata offers various PCI-boards and related software.

Cannon-Automata CAN Hardware and Software

Cannon-Automata CAN Hardware and Software