CANopen IA Chip Solutions
CANopenIA chip solutions either provide stand-alone access or
they implement the co-processor mode used in combination with a host processor.
The Philips CANopenIA-XA can
be used directly as a CANopen DS401 Generic I/O compatible input and output node
for digital and analog data. The chip supports a total of 20 digital inputs or
outputs, 4 high-resolution analog inputs and 2 high-resolution analog outputs.
The digital signals are divided into 3 groups of 8, 8 and 4 signals. Each group
can be individually selected to be either input or output. High-resolution,
external analog components are connected to the CANopenIA-XA chip via SPI
providing the analog I/O channels.
An alternative to chip solutions are the chip binaries
where regular microcontrollers are turned into CANopenIA chips by programming them
with CANopenIA software.
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