Acontis Technologies
What is acontis technologies
acontis technologies is a leading provider for EtherCAT Technology, Windows real-time software, and Real-Time Virtualization/Hypervisor Technology. The company is known for its high-quality products "Made in Germany". Their portfolio is completed by providing complementary Training, Support, and Software Services.
The range of their professional development services covers:
- EtherCAT master software integration and slave software services
- Industrial communication: CAN, Real-time Ethernet (e.g. EtherCAT)
- Board Support Packages: Windows CE
- Device Driver, firmware (Windows XP/CE)
- Applications (C, C++, C#, .NET Framework, Algorithms, HMI)
Partnership
Toradex and acontis technologies have a close partnership. This partnership is celebrated in the Partner Demo Image - EC-Master, now available for download in the Toradex Easy Installer image format.
Evaluation
We recommend the Partner Demo Image - acontis EC-Master EtherCAT Stack. Please refer to the article and learn how to start with it.
Available pre-built images
Supported CoM | Image Format |
---|---|
Apalis iMX6 | Toradex Easy Installer |
Apalis iMX8 | Toradex Easy Installer |
Colibri iMX8X | Toradex Easy Installer |
Verdin AM62 | Toradex Easy Installer |
Verdin iMX8M Mini | Toradex Easy Installer |
Verdin iMX8M Plus | Toradex Easy Installer |
Build Your Custom Yocto Image
In case you want to build your own image, acontis
offers a Yocto layer for the integration of the atemsys kernel module. For more information, refer to the documentation on the acontis/meta-acontis Github repository.
Compatible Modules for EtherCAT Master from acontis
The following Computer on Modules are supported for the acontis EtherCAT Master:
- Apalis iMX6
- Apalis iMX8
- Colibri iMX6
- Colibri iMX7
- Colibri iMX8X
- Verdin AM62
- Verdin iMX8M Mini
- Verdin iMX8M Plus
Please contact acontis for more information.