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HartTools 8.0 Experimental

HART-IP and HART 4..20 mA - Free Download from Github

My implementation of a HART master and a slave now also has the option of operating HART-IP. The stacks have been modified so that they can work with HART over IP as well as with HART and 4 mA.

In addition to the pure code for an embedded controller, which is available as a C++ source, there is a relatively extensive test program (test client) for both the slave and the master, which is written in C#.

When writing the code for the components, I tried to use as much identical code as possible in both the C++ sources and the C# sources for the slave and the master.

If you like you can view or download the source code right here:

https://github.com/BorstAutomation/Hart-Master-Slave-8.0E.git

I am happy to offer you consulting services for the integration of a stack on a real embedded system.

This can include the following services: firmware or software development, system design, connection from C++ to C, DDL and DTM development, adaptation of the command interpreter, solution of real-time problems, connection to source code generators, development of tests, execution of tests and documentation.
I am also happy to help with carrying out a conformity test.

Depending on how your embedded system is structured, the number of working hours required for an integration can range from a few to several hundred.

Under the menu item Tools&Stacks you will find a minimum license offer that can be expanded at any time upon your request.

Effective use of available technology

• Improved processing accuracy
• More features
• More diagnostics
• Improved interfaces
• Improved user support
• Migration from C to C++
• HAL Optimization
• MSP Reduction
• Multitasking system
• Grafical display
• Associative user interface
• Subsequent documentation
• Automated whitebox tests
• Generated source code
• Improved interrupt handler coding
• Trouble shooting
• Failure analysis
• Assessment of technical risks
• Optimization of hardware interfaces
• Ultra low power design
• Source code review

Effective use of the HART Communication Technology

• Tiny Hart stack (C++)
• Midsize Hart stack (C++)
• Sizeable Hart stack (C++)
• Minimum number of commands
• Hart without burst mode
• Recommendeable commands
• Hart without DDL
• Hart without DTM
• Functionality reduction
• Simple user interface
• Reduced developer interface
• Hart stack in C-language (micro lib)
• Real needs of the device manufacturer
• Reduced command 48
• Hart 5 functionality in a Hart 6/7 cover

Software/Firmware Development and Consulting

• Development of mobile phone software (iOS, Android Apps) for field device applications (Kotlin, Xamarin, Java, C++).
• Development of sql database structures for the source code generation for parts of the firmware in embedded field devices (single source concept).
• Development of simulations of a field devices on personal computers (80 % of source code sharing).
• Integration of firmware components into field devices
  - Android support,
  - Linux support,
  - FreeRTOS support,
  - SD memory card access,
  - Bluetooth interface,
  - NFC interface,
  - WiFi interface,
  - HART classical interface (4..20 mA),
  - HART-IP interface (Ethernet-APL),
  - Modbus TCP IP interface and
  - USB interface.
• Development of web server for field devices.
• Documentation of software and firmware components.
• Development of automated testing software and firmware.
• Development of application software in C++, C#, Python, F#, Kotlin, Java, Visual Basic and VBA.
• Review of Specifications and Documentations.