1. A computer-implemented method of loading a loadware file on a peripheral device having a CANopen interface by a control unit connected via a bus system the method comprising: providing an augmented electronic data sheet (EDS) stored on a peripheral device specifying a communication interface in accordance with CANopen standards, wherein the EDS includes standard data objects comprising a description of the communication functionality for the peripheral device and a description of device specific objects for the peripheral device describing how to access device parameters and settings, and wherein the EDS is further augmented with a load object for describing a loading process including a location of the loadware file for locating and selecting the loadware file; initiating a generic loading program of a control unit for loading a loadware file on a peripheral device; reading, by the control unit over a bus system, the load object having load parameters describing a load process for the loadware file from the augmented electronic data sheet (EDS) stored on the peripheral device, wherein the load object augments the EDS with load parameters comprising loadware initialization information, memory page information, and memory range information for loading the loadware file into allocated memory segments associated with the peripheral device; locating and selecting, by the control unit, the loadware file in accordance with the load parameters of the augmented electronic data sheet; loading the loadware file by the control unit into allocated memory segments associated with the peripheral device in accordance with the load parameters, wherein the generic loading program is used to control the loading process for different peripheral devices by having the load parameters stored in the EDS rather than in the generic loading program.