Altera’s industrial partner network provides access to complete solutions ranging from reference designs, intellectual property (IP), embedded solutions, and software to speed time-to-market. Table 1 shows a list of Altera’s partners who offer solutions and services for the industrial markets.
| Table 1. Altera's Industrial Partners | |
| Partner | Products |
|---|---|
| Adescom | Adescom offers products and design services for VoIP telephony, IPTV and 3-play, and industrial and car communications. They offer ProfiCore, a Profibus DP slave intellectual property (IP) core that offers DPV0, DPV1, and parts of DPV2 by working with software on a Nios® II embedded processor. |
| Arrow |
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow carries the full Altera product line card and the MotionFire Motor Control Development Kit. The MotionFire kit is designed to offer a single platform to evaluate and develop motor control and Industrial Ethernet applications. |
| Automata GmbH & Co KG | Automata develops, manufacturers, and services electronics and software for small to mid-volume industrial automation customers. Automata is dedicated to the SERCOS interface and provides SERCOS II and SERCOS III solutions that support Altera® Cyclone® series FPGAs. |
| Beckhoff | Beckhoff implements open automation systems based on PC and EtherCAT-based control technology. Beckhoff offers ideally-suited components and streamlined automation systems for the EtherCAT real-time Ethernet system: Industrial PCs and embedded PCs offer a high-performance basis for PLC and motion control on the PC. With the EtherCAT I/Os, real-time Ethernet is available down to each I/O module in a large selection for all signal types. Highly dynamic servo drives permit an integrated, fast control technology. Beckhoff also offers ASICs and IP cores for EtherCAT slave implementations. |
| Echelon Corporation | Echelon is a pioneer and world leader in control networks and has developed the LonWorks control networking platform that is used to connect a wide range of machines and electronic devices over twisted pair or power line cables. |
| Gleichmann Research | Gleichmann (Electronics) Research, or GE-Research of Hagenberg, Austria, turns research prototypes into products. In close cooperation with the University of Hagenberg and other universities, GE-Research develops FPGA and ASIC design tools, as well as system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. With other key Altera partners, Gleichmann Research is developing reference platforms for the industrial and automotive markets. |
| IXXAT Automation GmbH/IXXAT, Inc. | IXXAT is one of the leading suppliers of data communication technology for the industrial automation and automotive industries. IXXAT’s solutions support CAN (CANopen, DeviceNet) and real-time Ethernet (EtherNet/IP, Profinet, EtherCAT, Powerlink, SERCOS III) protocol standards. IXXAT provides industrial networking protocol software and reference designs that are supported by Altera FPGAs and Nios II embedded processors. |
| KW Software | KW Software supplies solutions and technologies in the field of industrial control and safety technology. ProConOS embedded CLR is the new, open and unified IEC 61131 PLC run-time system for different automation tasks (PLC, PAC, motion control, CNS, robot, and sensor). |
| MorethanIP | MorethanIP is a design and IP house that focuses on high-speed communications, serial backplane, and embedded system technologies such as Ethernet and IEEE 1588. Their services include design, specification and implementation of standard products, system architectures, and customer-specific solutions. |
| System Level Solutions (SLS) | As industrial automation and motion control applications are evolving to meet the changing needs of the industry, System Level Solutions ensures the smooth and efficient operation of critical industrial equipment by providing the creativity and integration know-how to help you maneuver the pitfalls inherent in combining disparate hardware, software, and IP. From project inception to completion, System Level Solutions provides product design, IP development, software design, board design, system evaluation, efficiency evaluation, sensing technology, monitoring technology, productivity enhancement, machine control, design services, and manufacturing. |
| 3S - Smart Software Solutions GmbH |
3S is one of the leading software manufacturers in the European automation industry. CoDeSys (Controller Development System) is the leading hardware-independent IEC 61131-3 programming system under Windows for creating industrial controller applications. |
| Softing AG | Softing is a specialist for field bus technology in industrial automation and provides industrial networking protocol software and reference designs that support Altera FPGAs and Nios II embedded processors. |
| Unjo AB | Unjo AB (Electric Motor Control Systems of Sweden) develops, designs, and manufactures complex/high-performance/parallel electric motor controls and control systems and offers services to customize solutions for customer applications. Unjo developed the OpenFire motor control IP that drives the motor functions on the Arrow MotionFire Development Kit. |
