Link master TS hardware. Contact TMG TE for more information. Santa Cruz was also verified using Balluff's IO-Link Device Tool

version 2.11.1, which comes with the purchase of the Balluff USB IO-Link master, part number BNI USB-901-000-A501. Contact

Balluff or one of their local distributors for ordering information. Download the IODD file (*.xml) located in the All Design Files

section at the end of this document and go to the Quick Start section below for step-by-step instructions on how to use the

software. Figure 3 shows a screen shot of the Balluff IO-Link Device Tool.

Figure 3. Balluff's IO-Link Device Tool version 2.11.1.

Detailed Description of Firmware

The Santa Cruz ships pre-programmed as a working IO-Link light sensor ready to connect to an IO-Link master. The firmware

targets a Renesas RL78 microcontroller and follows the simple flow chart shown in Figure 4. The firmware is written in C using

the IAR embedded workbench from IAR Systems and utilizes TMG TE's IO-Link device stack.

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