CANopen DesignTool

The CANopen Design Tool is a tool that allows device databases to be generated and modified. These databases contain information about the device, which describes the interface to the CANopen network.

These parameters, including control and status information, are basically all accessible via CAN. For CANopen these values are stored in the so-called object directory (OD). The function of CANopen Design Tool is to administer this data within the object directory database and to create from them an object dictionary code for the CANopen library. Furthermore an Electronics Data Sheet (EDS) is generated and all implemented objects can be made available as HTML or text file for documentation purposes.