Is a CANopen library for matlab available?

Hello,

I would like to communicate with motors like these ones here directly from my (C-compiled) Matlab-code using CANopen: specification sheet

I know that there exists the the "Vehicle Network Toolbox", but it seems like this one only supports CAN and not CANopen.

It seems like all other pieces of information I found on this topic by far end in dead links. Such as CANopen with Simulink leads to this dead link. Or CANopen and xPC leads to the dead link about Toolbox xPC

Would be great if someone could help me.

Answer 1

[James]

I don't know how to obtain it but this link suggests that they have something (an "OpenECU Simulink blockset") available: http://pi-innovo.com/canopen-reference-design/

There's lots of proprietary CANopen stacks available but they cost $3k - $20k.

There's an open source implementation you may be able to integrate but it'll be a lot of work: https://github.com/CANopenNode/

An alternative, if you're just wanting to experiment, there's a method described in the following link that might let you get something working: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17811848/980942

You'll still need some way to communicate CAN, so you may still need the Vehicle Network Toolbox.

[Yiqiang Zhang]

Have you found a better way now?

[Dimitri MANKOV]

In case you are working with Simulink Real-Time, Speedgoat offers CANopen I/O modules designed to work with this toolbox. You can find more information here:

https://www.speedgoat.com/products-services/communications-protocols/canopen