Hello everyone,
I’m currently working on a project where I need to integrate an industrial brushless motor controller into a Phidget-based environment.
Most of these industrial motor controllers communicate via Modbus (RTU or TCP), while the control software I need to interface with only recognizes Phidget devices on the network (via USB or VINT).
My goal is to find a way to create a bridge between Modbus and the Phidget network — ideally using a Raspberry Pi as an interface layer.
The idea would be for the Pi to translate Modbus commands and responses into something that appears as a Phidget device (for example, a Brushless DC Motor Phidget) to the control software.
I’ve looked through the open-source Phidget Linux libraries and documentation, but I couldn’t find much information on the VINT protocol or how Phidget devices communicate at a low level.
Has anyone here ever tried something similar or can point me in the right direction for building a Modbus ↔ Phidget gateway?
Any technical insight or documentation reference would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Jérôme Pannetier
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