EtherNet/IP communication module UNIGATE IC-EtherNet/IP

The pre-certified embedded communication interfaces can be directly integrated into the electronics of the terminal device. Changes in the firmware of the terminal device are not necessary. This is important, for instance, for those devices whose firmware is certified and therefore may not be altered. As an alternative to customer’s own developed interfaces, the UNIGATE IC family optimizes developments costs and time-to-market of the final product. The UNIGATE IC, which consists of microcontroller, Flash, RAM and all other components such as optocoupler and bus driver, is provided in a 32 DIL housing covering an area of 25 mm x 45 mm. The embedded solution can be connected via a UART interface to the microcontroller of the terminal device or can operate as stand-alone. The hardware development is reduced to integration of the IC socket and bus specific connectors. The powerful all-in-one bus nodes can be programmed via the Deutschmann Automation developed script language. Therefore, more complex applications, which cannot be presented via a pure configuration, can be mapped. The Protocol Developer is a free tool for generation of the script. It is easy to use and specifically optimized to the bus communication. The scripts run on all UNIGATE IC variants. Data UNIGATE IC-EtherNet/IP: - - EtherNet/IP I/O adapter (Slave) - - 10/100 Mbit/s - - IT functions: Web server, FTP server - - Isolated EtherNet/IP-interface - - 1 port execution with integrated transformer - - 2 port execution with integrated switch (e. g. for daisy chaining) - - Up to 1060 Bytes input- and 1060 Bytes output data - - UART up to 520 kBaud