Product News
E800 TSN enabled inverter
Mitsubishi Electric: The new E800 compact inverter family offers CC-Link IE TSN connectivity, allowing TCP/IP and inverter control traffic (including safety) to share the same network. This reduces costs, troubleshooting and time to market due to simpler system designs.
Fast, Secure IP Routers
Contemporary Controls: Simplify device commissioning and troubleshooting with Contemporary Controls’ IP routers. Easy set-up and advanced features including PAT, NAT, port forwarding and stateful firewall. Gigabit, cellular and secure remote access also available.
Modular all-in-one industrial PCs
Phoenix Contact: With its all-in-one solutions (AIO), Phoenix Contact offers industrial PCs with a completely closed die-cast aluminum housing (IP65), which are ideally suited for modern operating concepts due to their powerful technology, modular extendibility, and integrated PROFIsafe functionality.
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Edge computing
WAGO: Edge devices can take over data mining from controllers that require low latency and a high level of determinism. Collected data can be evaluated directly, displayed graphically and made available to the cloud. WAGO introduced two new edge devices that are designed for these applications: the edge controller and the edge computer. The new Edge Controller (752-8303/80000002) utilizes an ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor and offers an extensive selection of interfaces including two ETHERNET ports, one CANopen port and two USB ports. It also has a serial interface and four digital inputs/outputs for connecting local devices or sensors. Project design for the Edge Controller can occur in the familiar e!COCKPIT environment, so it fits seamlessly within WAGO’s automation solution ecosystem. The new Edge Computers feature a 1.91 GHz quad-core Atom processor and are equipped with standard Debian Linux. An SSD disk can be installed to expand the existing 64 GByte flash memory for very large data volumes. Despite their extended temperature range from −20°C to +60°C, the edge computers do without a fan and are very compact, simplifying integration. Standard software, such as Node-Red, can be used on all edge devices. These devices communicate via all common protocols, both on the factory floor and with the cloud.
complexity of IEC 61508 SIL3 certification, an international standard for functional safety. New FSoE software is based on the FSoE standard published by the EtherCAT Technology Group. Developers can obtain an FSoE protocol stack in addition to an RX microcontroller (MCU) with functional safety support and the software all in a single package, speeding up the development of industrial equipment incorporating FSoE. This allows the quick implementation of communication functions needed to support functional safety, such as essential alarms indicating danger or emergency stop signals using an RX MCU.
Stepper motor controller and driver
Optimal Engineering Systems: ICAD Series of integrated motion controllers and drivers are now available for two-phase stepper motors. Available as 1, 2, 3, and 4 axes modules they are designed for NEMA 8 to NEMA 42 stepper motors. These compact 6.000 in. x 8.000 in. plug-and-play, integrated controllers incorporate high resolution micro-stepping drivers for precise positioning. Other features include home and limit switches per axis, joystick interface, TTL/ CMOS inputs and outputs, quadrature encoder feedback, USB and optional Ethernet interfaces permits each module to be customized for specific applications.
Functional Safety over EtherCAT
Edge controller software module
Renesas Electronics: An extension of the company's RX Functional Safety solution is complete with the release of a Functional Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) Application Software Kit, the first software offering that supports functional safety on EtherCAT from a semiconductor manufacturer. This solution for industrial automation applications reduces the
Softing: A new software module based on container technology connects Siemens controllers with industrial IoT applications. In addition to SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500, the
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