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1 Introduction
1.1 Abstract
This manual describes the application interface of the CANopen Slave stack, with the aim to support
and lead you during the integration process of the given stack into your own application.
Base of the development of the stack itself is the Hilscher’s Task Layer Reference Programming
Model. It is a description of how to program a Task in general, which is defined as a combination of
appropriate functions belonging to the same type of protocol layer. It furthermore defines of how
different Tasks have to communicate with each other in order to exchange their layer information in
between. The reference model is commonly used by all programmers at Hilscher and shall be used by
you as well when writing your Application Task on top of the stack.
1.2 System Requirements
The software package has the following system requirements to its environment:
• netX-Chip as CPU hardware platform
• Operating system for task scheduling required
1.3 Intended Audience
This manual is suitable for software developers with the following background:
• Knowledge of the programming language C
• Knowledge of the use of the real-time operating system rcX
• Knowledge of the Hilscher Task Layer Reference Model
• Knowledge of the CiA Work Draft 301 specification
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DOC070901API06EN | Revision 6 | English | 2010-06 | Released | Public © Hilscher, 2006-2010