MAXREFDES145# IO-Link Stack Development

Question:
Is it possible for the customer to use the APIs of the IO-Link master stack provided with the board to write their own application? 

Answer:
  • All IO-Link vendors license their IO-Link stack from one of three different vendors (TMG, TEConcept, IQ2)
  • MAXREFDES145# uses TEConcept stack.  If the customer copies Maxim’s design they still need to license the stack from TEConcept for their own product.
  • We do NOT license stacks or provide source code.
  • It is possible to use the regular API from the software vendor to interface the stack through SPI. You can disconnect the USB to SPI-bridge by removing the 0 Ohm resistors, but this is not regular use-case. R72 to R75 can be removed so that the stack can be accessed  through J3 See below:
         
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