v2.2024.48.0 IoOptions

What's Changed

• Added the ability to select between one of two IO options.

• The PLC program will automatically map the appropriate device IO based on which one is enabled in the Device tree.

• Added an EtherCAT remote IO option using the Teensy controller and a EtherCAT slave.

• Added logic for the PLC and the IO slaves to discriminate based on expected device type to prevent slaves with the same description file from processing the wrong information.

• Updated documentation to add additional information about IO mapping and how to enable or disable IO.

• General documentation updates.

• Create MyRobot.png by @dalethomas81 in #17

• Added IO Options 1 and 2 by @dalethomas81 in #19

Full Changelog: v2.2024.47.0-EtherCAT...v2.2024.48.0-IoOptions

v2.2024.47.0-EtherCAT

What's Changed

• Converted communication protocol to EtherCAT.

• Added electrical documentation for AR4 robot.

• Tons of quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and features including:

  • manual triggering of saving persistent data.
  • auto-increment jump commands when adding or removing commands in a program.
  • improved management of robot status when connections fail.
  • remove hard-coded "magic numbers" from AR4 controller code to make configuration for other robots possible.
  • EtherCAT status added to home screen.
  • Homing sequence groups are now configurable. (As of now, this needs to be done online with PLC. UI coming.)
  • Home button now has a confirmation step to mitigate accidental zeroing of robot.
  • CODESYS version bumps across the board to latest revisions. (runtime, softmotion, visu, and IDE)
  • Added CODESYS configuration file to be used by CODESYS Installer to make installation easier to manage versions needed for ArfBotOS.
  • Tons of documentation including tutorials, electrical schematics, and images.

• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #15

• update documentation by @dalethomas81 in #16

Full Changelog: v1.2024.52.0...v2.2024.47.0-EtherCAT

v1.2024.52.0 - Codesys

What's Changed

• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #14

Full Changelog: v1.2024.22.0...v1.2024.52.0

v1.2024.22.0

What's Changed

• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #3
• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #4
• add ability to use a remote vision system by @dalethomas81 in #5
• fix vision part count by @dalethomas81 in #6
• add orientation lines to calibration image by @dalethomas81 in #7
• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #8
• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #9
• update template designer by @dalethomas81 in #10
• Update template.html by @dalethomas81 in #11
• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #12
• Dev by @dalethomas81 in #13

Full Changelog: v1.2024.14.2...v1.2024.22.0

Add Jogging and Homing Features

• Major improvements to the Jogging UI.
• Overhauled the jogging function block to use the new GroupHandler function block.
• Plenty of new additions to the README in regards to Tuning, Homing, and Jogging.

Axis Tuning Features and Game Controller Integration

• Added features to facilitate tuning of the axes.
• Added Playstation Dualsense game controller integration so the TCP can be manipulated more easily.

Initial Release

• code copy from private repository