Sep 07, 2017
Communication in Automation
The BE10A is a low-power entry-level box PC for industrial automation and comes with versatile I/O options, making it the perfect choice for many different IoT applications.
It supports all common industrial communication protocols like:
- EtherNet I/P,
- Ethercat,
- Profibus,
- POWERLINK and
- SERCOS,
on as many as four Fast Ethernet ports, which can be easily integrated thanks to the programmable PRU of the ARM Cortex-A15 processor from Texas instruments.
In addition, it provides a variety of I/O interfaces like Gb and Fast Ethernet, USB (2.0 and 3.0), RS232, RS485/422, CAN, binary I/O, audio, DVI-D.
One slot each for mSATA, microSD, PCI Express Mini Card und microSIM offer flexible expansion options for wireless functionality or storage.