AUTOMATA is the official SERCOS III FPGA solution center of SERCOS International.

On behalf of the world-wide user organization SERCOS International AUTOMATA provides support and is in charge of maintenance and further
development of the SERCOS III FPGA IP cores.
SERCOS III users can take advantage of this know-how: For optimal integration of SERCOS III in their products and for cost reduction.
AUTOMATA is the leading service provider for SERCOS III master or slave implementations. IP-Cores are available for ALTERA and XILINX FPGAs –
the two market leaders in this technology.

SERCOS III Evaluation Kit

The evaluation kit is an ideal platform for FPGA based SERCOS III master and slave implementations. 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.
The onboard IO’s together with various expansion modules can be used for implementation tests and performance measurements of SERCOS III
master or slave devices. Thanks to its compact dimensions and its wide bus and IO interface the FPGA module can also be applied as ready-to-use
communication interface for SERCOS III devices (compact controllers, drives, IO modules etc.). The module is programmable in C/C++ or IEC-61131
languages (optional). For this purpose an ECLIPSE based development tool incl. debugger and extensive functional library with full master and slave
communication stacks is available.

Base board

16 DI, 16 DO, all with status LEDs
SERCOS III status LED, RESET button
2 x RJ45 jacks
RS232 interface
socket for one expansion module
24VDC or 5VDC power supply
Size: 120 x 100 mm

FPGA modules

ALTERA Cyclone III EP3C16 (EP3C25 on demand)
NIOS2 CPU
8 MB FLASH, 4 MB SDRAM
applicable for SERCOS III SERCON100M/S/SL IP-Cores (other Realtime-Ethernet protocols like
EtherCAT or Powerlink on demand)

Expansion modules

4 AI, 4 AO
(others under work)