Alternatives for Simple HSR Ring Topology

Virtual QuadBox, ShortBox and HSR Mesh

3-Port vs. 4-Port

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FRS (FPGA)CPU

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CPUFRS (FPGA)

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CPUFRS (FPGA)

HSR RedBox

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Topology of HSR 4/13

Potential problems with big rings 5/13

Quadbox6/13

Virtual Quadbox7/13

ShortCut Box8/13

Virtual ShortBox9/13

ShortBox10/13

HSR Mesh11/13

Conclusions Other options besides a simple ring

More redundancy, lower latencyNo additional devices needed if existing devices have an extra port

Flexibilis Redundant Switch (FRS) IP core has 3-8 ports

FRS has the HSR Mesh capability

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