Nowadays, every household has a computer, and without it, our work and life would be affected. For computers, the performance-impacting hardware mainly falls into three categories: CPU, graphics card, and memory. Due to the global pandemic affecting the shipment of graphics cards, along with the prevalence of mining activities, graphics cards have shown unhealthily high prices in recent years, causing much frustration. Therefore, users like me who are waiting to build a system are still making do with old graphics cards, hoping to wait until the mining craze subsides before making a purchase.
Besides the difficulty in obtaining new graphics cards, the HDMI and DP interfaces on new graphics cards can also be a headache. Indeed, compared to VGA and DVI, the former two support higher screen refresh rates and resolutions. However, you have to consider that many people, like me, are reluctant to throw away their old monitors. So how do we solve this? Data conversion! Find an HDMI to VGA adapter or cable to achieve the goal. Why do I say ‘make do’? Because doing this will certainly not unleash the full potential of the new graphics card, which feels somewhat wasteful. But anyway, the goal has been achieved.
In the industrial production field, there are even more scenarios that require data conversion. We know that there are many types of field buses, such as CAN, Ethernet, serial port, EtherCAT, LIN, and so on, which are suitable for different projects. One day, if you need two devices using different buses to work together, what will you do? Not do it? Just kidding, you will definitely find a device for data conversion, just like above! CANopen to RS485 is a great example.
So what device can achieve CANopen to RS485 conversion? Our programmable gateway can do it because it integrates both RS485 and CAN bus interfaces, so there are no hardware issues. At the same time, we also have relevant conversion examples; you just need to download the program to the hardware, and if you need to modify it, it’s easy—just as long as you know PLC programming.
If you need a programmable gateway that supports CANopen to RS485, feel free to add WeChat 183-0981-5706 for specific inquiries, and you are welcome to visit.
