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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
William Mahany, West Islip, NY (US);
Ian Saturley, Warwickshire, GB;
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Chennai, IN;
Riyas Kattukandan, Kerala, IN;
Ramya Kuppusamy, Karnataka, IN;
Robert Zakowicz, Chandler, AZ (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
An EtherCAT device includes a communications circuit and a wakeup circuit. The wakeup circuit is configured to determine a condition in which to send data to an EtherCAT master node. The wakeup circuit, based on such a condition, is configured to generate a wakeup packet. The communications circuit may be configured to receive an EtherCAT frame originating from the EtherCAT master node. The communications circuit may be configured to populate the EtherCAT frame with the data to be sent to the EtherCAT master node. The communications circuit may be configured to send the EtherCAT frame to the EtherCAT master device.