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Industrial Networking News for the Americas

netPI on the Move

netPI, Hilscher’s industrialized Raspberry Pi 3 computer, is approaching its second birthday on a “high”. Sales have far exceeded expectations as automation professionals spot opportunities in industry. Housed in an industrial-grade enclosure with a hardened board design, netPI performs in tough environments and is fully Raspberry Pi 3 compatible. Two versions – one using the standard Raspberry Pi core and the other with Pi core AND Hilscher’s own netX chip (for connection to real-time industrial networks) – offer plenty of operational choice. It can be a simple controller or a powerful PLC, and it can get you connected to the cloud for low-cost entry to IIoT/Industry 4.0!
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Chip Carrier Multiprotocol solution

Meet netRAPID 90, the fast and easy way to integrate popular Real-time Ethernet protocols into devices and systems. Everything you need is on a single chip-carrier that’s “ready-to-solder.” It uses the netX 90 chip, which is Hilscher’s newest slave-level device chip for IIoT connectivity. IEC 62343-compliant systems can be built using netRAPID 90 and, with the dual-architecture stacks described below, to introduce OPC UA and MQTT directly into sensors today. DOWNLOAD netX 90 and netRAPID 90 whitepaper READ MORE

NPIX Opens Up the World for netPI

Hilscher’s innovative netPI device is a ruggedized Raspberry Pi platform that can be almost anything you want in automation – edge gateway, simple controller; it can even get you connected to the cloud. Now, the addition of the NPIX expansion module is making netPI even more flexible. NPIX provides analog I/O, digital I/O, RS-232, and RFID, and more. The NPIX expansion slot is based on a half-size PCIe connector and is found in the base of the main netPI housing. Buy from Amazon North America READ MORE

Dual Stack Delivers I/O and Semantic Data in Parallel

The netIOT software stack for Hilscher’s range of IIoT chips and devices now has an independent channel for parsing I/O data and adding meaningful information before transmission to the cloud. This is entirely separate from, but working in parallel with, the standard I/O data stream. Cloud data and I/O control processes work entirely separately, which means the PLC is never overloaded or distracted. This dual stack architecture means new types of sensor data could be generated for use in isolation from the control processes. Contact Hilscher. READ MORE

netDIMM 4000 SoM Launched

This System on Module (SoM) board can embed IIoT functionality and security into devices and systems today. Called netDIMM 4000, the module is a “ready-to-solder” design that can provide a short-cut to market for vendors. Slaves for PROFINET, EtherNet/IP and EtherCAT are available now. Masters are coming shortly. Using Hilscher’s latest Dual Stack architecture (see separate story) it can even integrate IIOT-necessary technologies such as OPC UA and MQT right into your system’s infrastructure, making them IIOT-ready at the start. Watch 2-minute Video READ MORE

Embedded World Shows Off Hilscher Technologies

“Embedded World,” Europe’s premier trade fair for embedded systems, took place last month in Nuremberg, Germany. Hilscher has attended for several years to show products that are used widely in industry, ranging from chips to modules, plus the universal communications support Hilscher is able to deliver in automation. Key features this year were netX chips and the netIOT range of products for IIoT and Industry 4.0 applications. netPI (see separate story) was also featured and Hilscher’s support for the TSN project took center-stage with a multi-vendor panel (see above). READ MORE

Low Power, Low Cost netX 90 Slaves

Hilscher’s cifX range of PC cards for adding Real-time Ethernet and fieldbus to industrial equipment now has three new options. Claimed as the smallest multi-protocol master/slave products on the automation market, they include an M2 slave, a mini PCIe master/slave, and a half-size mPCIe slave. They use the latest netX 90 chip, which means they are low power too, so no cooling is needed in environments up to 70 degrees C. Use cases include vision systems, mobile devices and embedded PC-based systems. Contact Hilscher READ MORE

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