Communications of the ACM
New Open Source Stack Saves Money
Vienna University of Technology researchers have created the Open Source EtherNet/IP Adapter Stack for connecting a wide range of industrial products that already follow open Ethernet communication standards. "The stack's small footprint, modularity, and flexibility make it both a time- and cost-saving solution for product developers seeking a standard EtherNet/IP communication stack for industrial products," says Alois Zoitl, director of research at Vienna's Odo Struger Laboratory.
Scalable and written in the C programming language, the stack includes all basic objects required by the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) specification and allows for the addition of other optional or vendor-specific CIP objects that further expand the functionality of products. The EtherNet/IP open source stack complements the commercial off-the-shelf Ethernet TCP/IP and UDP communication stacks used inside many Ethernet-enabled devices. The stack offers support for both explicit messaging (server) capability and implicit I/O (adapter) target connections.
Incorporated into a product, the stack can help speed up the EtherNet/IP compliance testing process prior to the release of the product.
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