RealTimeHAT

Real-Time HAT™

Real-Time Communication with the Raspberry PI
Can be ordered NOW
Available for buy or rent.
Unleash the power of industrial Ethernet protocols on a Raspberry PI !

Alternative TSN endpoint

Due to the current chip delivery issues, we ported our design to the Arty Z7-20 development board. This enables a TSN endpoint using the embedded ARM core.

NEW Real-Time HAT™ Automotive

Automotive Real-Time Communication with the Raspberry PI COMING SOON PREORDER NOW Unleash the power of automotive industrial Ethernet protocols on a Raspberry PI !

Code & Documentation

To checkout the newest update for your RealTime-HAT visit our github page: https://github.com/InnoRoute/RealtimeHAT

Highlights

  • Precise network timing, for real time protocols such as Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
  • Synchronization between HATs, over the network, or with external GPS PPS
  • Stackable: allows for additional HATs attached on top
  • Simple configuration and use

Features

  • Time-Triggered Transmission/Buffers (10/100/1000 Mbps)
  • Hardware-timestamping of all incoming and all marked outgoing frames
  • Nanosecond-scale hardware clock: time synchronization with PTP/AS(REV) using Linux-PTP
  • Simple synchronization with PPS connector (master or slave)
  • Enable hardware-accuracy in Linux kernel 5.4+ TSN
  • YANG Data Model of the RealTimeHAT for NetConf (Qcp)
  • Hardware statistics with software-based aggregation
  • Timestamp injection mode: inject timestamp into certain frames to collect precise path delays
  • Raspberry PI 4 already officially supported, Raspberry PI 3 supported soon
  • Display/Camera/PoE HATs officially supported
  •  2/3 x 100/1000 Mbps (full speed available @ Raspberry PI)

Use cases

  • Linux-TSN Raspberry PI endpoint with high precision to inject precisely scheduled Ethernet traffic in a TSN Network
  • Connect non-deterministic Ethernet services to real-time networks
  • Time-accurate network device testing
  • FPGA-based network TAP, transparent forwarding statistics, with fixed latency, suitable for real-time networks
  • More information how to launch a usecase.

Tutorials

First steps with you Real-Time HAT™

Video Tutorial

TSN with the Raspberry PI

Video coming soon…

Time-sensitive network analysis with the Raspberry PI

Video coming soon…

Accurate Signal or Trigger generator

Tutorial

Functional Extensions

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CONTACT US for custom versions, e.g., with automotive Ethernet PHYs & connectors, custom TSN features (FPGA+Software), TSN-lab bundles (TrustNode switch + Raspberry’s + HAT’s)

2 Port-specific Extended Features

Raspberry PI Ethernet connected to one HAT port, the other HAT port connected to network (may connect to PoE HAT)

3 Port-specific Extended Features

Raspberry PI Ethernet connected to one HAT port, other two HAT ports connected to network (one of them may connect to PoE HAT)

  • Features:
    • MAC + VLAN + IP based stream classification
    • Qbv+Qci in hardware, Qcc in software
  • Use Cases:
    • Switched TSN endpoint
    • Real-time endpoint, e.g., Profinet
    • Transparent real-time TAP, for traffic monitoring or timestamp injection
    • Real-time Traffic Generator/Analyzer (Device under Test (DUT) testing)
    • Legacy-to-TSN bridging (Qbv and Qci)
    • More information how to launch a usecase

Questions & Answers

Why?

The standard Raspberry PI network interface does not provide:

  • precise or accurate timestamping
  • precise or accurate transmission times or rate shaping

InnoRoute has a competitive TSN implementation for FPGAs, used in its TrustNode switches/routers, and experience in real-time networking.
The Raspberry PI is a widely used and easy to use open-source platform: why don’t you use it for accurate network testing on a budget, to avoid expensive specialized hardware?

Is this just another SPI network card for the Raspberry PI?

No, SPI is just used only for configuration, while packets/frames are forwarded only through Ethernet ports.

Will the Raspberry PI 3 be supported?

For the TSN features, InnoRoute provides patches to the network driver of the Raspberry PI 4. For the Raspberry PI 3 the same changes need to be applied. So InnoRoute started with the Raspberry PI 4 and supports the Raspberry PI 3 at a later point in time. In the meantime, you are free to use the code in our git repository https://github.com/InnoRoute/linux and adapt it to other platforms. (You are welcome to create pull requests to share your code with other users 🙂 )

What is the throughput of the HAT?

The HAT provides line-rate forwarding at the selected speed (10/100/1000 Mbps per port). Forwarding is limited just by the Raspberry PI’s Ethernet interface:

  • Raspberry PI 4: 1 Gbps
  • Raspberry PI 3b+ and below: throughput is limited by the USB network interface of the Raspberry PI mainboard, but the HAT supports Gigabit line-speed, which is important, e.g., for time-triggered transmission

Does the PoE HAT work with the Real-Time-HAT™?

Yes, the Real-Time HAT connects one of its ports to a HAT above using the standard 4 PoE-Pins, so the PoE HAT fits on top.

 

Request offer (buy or rent)

Unfortunately Realtime-HATs are just sold out, pre-orders possible for September


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