Dear <<&firstname>>,

We’re excited to tell you about our new Expansion Modules for Hilscher’s Industrial Raspberry Pi platform! You can now add CAN bus, RS-232 and RS-485 serial interfaces with the NPIX expansion modules (circled in red in image) that plug into the expansion slot at the bottom of the Industrial Raspberry Pi gateway.

Hilscher offers two broad families of Industrial Pi gateways. Both products are industrialized versions of the popular Raspberry Pi computer. They are housed in DIN rail-mountable metal enclosures with a thermally stable processor design for demanding environmental conditions. The products are compliant to IEC 62443 for Industrial Cybersecurity.

Common to both platforms is Hilscher’s own netX chip included on the Pi device. netX provides connectivity from the gateways to the OT networks, such as Fieldbuses (e.g. DeviceNet, PROFIBUS) and Real-Time Ethernets (e.g., Modbus TCP, PROFINET and EtherNet/IP). Also common are security features that include: security-enhanced Yocto Linux, https communications, user/right management, PKI certificate handling and signed package installations.

Learn more about these products in Hilscher’s Industrial Raspberry Pi Whitepaper.

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If you have additional questions, please send us an email. We are delighted to serve you with these innovative Industrial Raspberry Pi gateways.

Best regards,
Philip Marshall CEO,
Hilscher North America, Inc.
(630) 505-5301

 

Hilscher Industrial Raspberry Pi Gateway Family

The first product in Hilscher’s Pi gateway family is the Connect Edge Gateway, a Raspberry Pi compatible architecture with a built-in industrial Ethernet controller, ideal for IoT and Industry 4.0 automation projects. As part of Hilscher’s Edge Gateway family, Connect Gateways include Hilscher’s powerful Edge Server software. Edge Server facilitates the secure field-to-cloud data transfer required for industrial IoT applications. Connect Gateway users can access native cloud connectors to popular cloud platforms, as well as native Node-RED, OPC UA and diagnostics software.

The second Industrial Pi gateway product, called the netPI, is for users who are familiar with the Raspberry Pi ecosystem and are looking for a cost-effective industrialized platform to run Docker-hosted application software. Read on for more about each of these devices (and how to choose which is best for you). A summary can be found in the Gateway Comparison Chart.

Hilscher’s Connect Gateway is a Raspberry Pi computer that’s been engineered for industrial use with a rugged enclosure and hardened circuit board design. It includes a built-in industrial network controller, as well as security enhancements, support for Docker containers, REST API, a suite of diagnostics software and cloud platform support for the major cloud providers:

  • Alibaba
  • Amazon
  • Google
  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • SAP
  • Siemens

Connect Gateways include native Node-RED and native OPC UA (Server and Client) as well as Hilscher’s powerful “Edge Server” software. With Edge Server, Connect Gateway users can securely move data between OT and IT applications and access low-level network diagnostics on EtherNet/IP, PROFINET and EtherCAT. The Connect Edge Server software provides:

  • Field device status
  • OT network status
  • Topology identification
  • Web to OT secure link
  • Backup and restore

Connect Gateways are sold and serviced directly by Hilscher’s in-house engineering and support staff and are part of Hilscher’s netIOT line of Edge Gateways. They support leading third-party software application packages for operator interface, SCADA, soft PLC control and SQL databases.

The netPI Gateway has a similar hardware configuration and operating system as the Connect, but it does not include the Edge Server software. It is sold on Amazon and supported through a community-sourced online Forum netPI is ideal for users who are familiar with the Raspberry Pi ecosystem and are looking for a cost-effective industrialized platform to run Docker-hosted application software. Bare metal versions are available for OEM branding.

Here are links for more information on Connect Edge Gateways:

netIOT

Hilscher products

Here are links for more information on netPI:

Raspberry Pi

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