TI Toolkit for EtherCAT Slave AM243x Launchpad (powered by Kunbus)

The AM243x Launchpad (LP) is a standalone test, development, and evaluation board that lets developers evaluate AM243x's functionality and develop prototypes for a variety of applications. The LP is equipped with a Sitara™ AM2434 processor along with additional components to allow the user to make use of the various device interfaces including Industrial Ethernet, standard Ethernet, and others to easily create prototypes. AM243x is an extension of Sitara's industrial-grade family of heterogeneous Arm® Cortex® processors. AM243x is built for industrial applications, such as remote I/O and motor drives, which require a unique combination of real-time processing and communications with applications processing. AM243x combines two instances of Sitara's gigabit TSN-enabled PRU-ICSSG with up to four Cortex-R5F MCUs and a Cortex-M4F MCU. PRU-ICSSG firmware and Arm-based software provide the flexible industrial communications capability necessary to run gigabit TSN or various popular industrial Ethernet protocols. In addition, the PRU-ICSSG also enables additional interfaces in the SoC including sigma delta decimation filters and absolute encoder interfaces. Software Development Kits (SDKs) for the AM243x may be downloaded from TI for a quick start to evaluation and development.