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Intel Atom x7000RE fanless industrial box PC offers 10-year life cycle for factory automation

AAEON BOXER 6617 ASL Rugged Box PC

AAEON BOXER-6617-ASL is a rugged and compact fanless industrial box PC built around the Intel Atom x7000RE series of SoCs. It is designed for harsh industrial environments and has a wide operating temperature range (-20°C to 70°C) and a guaranteed 10-year product lifecycle making it a reliable long-term solution for factory automation and other embedded applications. The rugged embedded system supports up to 32GB DDR5 memory, dual HDMI, dual 2.5GbE LAN ports, and extensive I/O including six serial ports, USB 3.2 and 2.0, DIO, and audio. Storage options include M.2 NVMe and 2.5″ SATA, with additional expansion through M.2 E-Key (Wi-Fi) and B-Key (5G/LTE) sockets. It also has a wide 9V–36V power input range, circuit protection, and strong shock/vibration resistance. The computer also features six RS-232/422/485 serial ports and DIO via DB9 connectors AAEON BOXER-6617-ASL Specifications: Amston Lake Series SoC options (one or the other) Intel Atom x7835RE octa-core processor […]

Compulab IOT-LINK – An ultra-compact NXP i.MX 9352 IoT gateway with WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, 4G LTE Cat 1-bis, and GbE connectivity

Compulab IOT-LINK

Compulab IOT-LINK is a low-cost, tiny industrial IoT gateway based on NXP i.MX 9352 Arm Cortex-A55/M33 AI SoC with support for Gigabit Ethernet, 4G LTE Cat 1-bis, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Wireless Mesh connectivity. The fanless gateway also features two RS485 or CAN-FD interfaces and three DI / DO, and as an industrial-grade hardware platform, it takes 12V to 24V DC input, and can operate 24/7 in the -40°C to 80°C temperature range. Target applications include HVAC monitoring, industrial predictive maintenance, energy storage, EV charging, vehicle telematics and fleet management, and lighting control. IOT-LINK specifications: SoC – NXP i.MX 9352 CPU 2x Arm Cortex-A55 cores @ up to 1.7GHz Arm Cortex-M33 real-time core @ 250 MHz NPU – 0.5 TOPS Arm Ethos U65 microNPU System Memory – Up to 2GB LPDDR4 Storage – Up to 64GB eMMC flash Networking Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port 4G/LTE Cat 1-bis cellular modem with […]

EDATEC launches 7-inch, 10.1-inch and 15.6-inch Industrial HMI displays powered by Raspberry Pi CM5

EDATEC ED-HMI3120 industrial Human Machine Interface HMI displays

EDATEC ED-HMI3120 series is a family of Raspberry Pi CM5-powered industrial Human-Machine Interface (HMI) displays available in 7-inch (ED-HMI3120-070C), 10.1-inch (ED-HMI3120-101C), and 15.6-inch (ED-HMI3120-156C) variants. Like the Chipsee 7-inch/10.1-inch Raspberry Pi CM5 industrial panel PCs, the EDATEC HMI displays are designed for factory automation, process control, and IoT applications. All models offer Gigabit Ethernet, 100Mbps Ethernet, isolated RS485/RS232 ports, and wireless options like WiFi and 4G LTE. EDATEC ED-HMI3120 specifications SoM – Raspberry Pi CM5 with Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Cortex-A76 SoC, 2GB, 4GB or 8GB RAM, and 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB eMMC flash Storage MicroSD card slot M.2 B-Key socket for 2230/2242 NVMe SSD 4KB EEPROM Display HMI3120-070C – 7-inch TFT display with 1024×600 resolution, 16.7M colors, 400 cd/m² luminance, 80°/80° H/V viewing angles, and 10-point capacitive touch HMI3120-101C – 10.1-inch TFT display with 1280×800 resolution, 16.7M colors, 250 cd/m² luminance, 80°/80° H/V viewing angles, and 10-point capacitive touch HMI3120-156C […]

Waveshare 8-channel RS485 to Ethernet industrial serial servers work as a Modbus & MQTT gateways, RS485-to-JSON converters

Industrial Isolated 8 Ch RS485 to RJ45 Ethernet Serial Server

Waveshare has launched the 8-Channel RS485 TO ETH (B) and 8-Channel RS485 TO POE ETH (B) industrial Ethernet serial servers designed for bi-directional transparent data transmission between RS485 and Ethernet networks. The only difference is PoE support, one has it, the other doesn’t, recognizable by their names. It features eight RS485 channels that operate independently, and supports two Ethernet ports (with an optional PoE version compliant with IEEE 802.3af). Key features include working as a serial server, Modbus gateway, MQTT gateway, and RS-485 to JSON converter. It also supports protocols like TCP, UDP, HTTP, DHCP, DNS, and more. It works in the industrial temperature range (-40°C to 85°C), offers power and signal isolation, 2kV surge protection, and comes housed in a durable aluminum alloy enclosure. Additionally, it supports wall-mount or rail-mount installation, multiple power supply methods (DC 7–36V via screw terminal or PoE), and web browser/device library configuration. These features make […]

ESPuno Pi Zero ESP32-C6 board takes up to 60V DC input, offers RS-485 interface (Crowdfunding)

ESPuno Pi Zero

ESPuno Pi Zero is a Raspberry Pi Zero-sized board based on an ESP32-C6-MINI-1 WiFI 6, BLE, and 802.15.4 wireless module and an SMPS that allows up to 60V DC input via a 2-pin terminal block. The board also features two USB-C ports, one connected to the ESP32-C6 and the other to a CH343P USB-to-serial chip, a 40-pin GPIO header, a Grove connector, a 3-pin terminal block for RS-485, DMX, Profibus, and a few buttons and LEDs. ESPuno Pi Zero specifications: ESP32-C6-MINI-1-N4 or ESP32-C6-MINI-1U-N4 SoC – Espressif Systems ESP32-C6 single-core 32-bit RISC-V clocked up to 160 MHz 320KB ROM, 512KB SRAM, low-power RISC-V core @ up to 20 MHz CPU Single-core 32-bit RISC-V clocked up to 160 MHz Low-power RISC-V core @ up to 20 MHz Memory/Storage – 320KB ROM, 512KB SRAM Wireless – 2.4 GHz WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and 802.15.4 radio (for Thread/Zigbee) Storage – 4MB flash Antenna ESP32-C6-MINI-1-N4 […]

Raspberry Pi CM4-powered CODESYS industrial controller supports EtherCAT, Modbus, up to 32 I/O modules

EDATEC ED-PLC2010

EDATEC ED-PLC2010 is an industrial controller powered by a Raspberry Pi CM4, supporting EtherCAT and Modbus interfaces, up to 32 I/O modules, and preloaded with CODESYS runtime for real-time core and visualization capabilities. DIN Rain-mountable Raspberry Pi CM4 industrial controllers are not exactly new, with products such as Modberry 500 CM4 and Edgebox-RPI4 announced shortly after the launch of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 in 2020. More recently (2024), Seeed Studio introduced the reComputer R1113-10 IoT gateway, and Sfera Labs launched the Strato Pi Max. TECHBASE also upgraded the Modberry 500 with a more powerful CM5 module. EDATEC ED-PL2010 mostly differentiates itself by shipping with a licensed version of CODESYS runtime for industrial automation. It’s also possible with other vendors, but the license might need to be purchased separatly. EDATEC ED-PLC2010 specifications: SoM – Raspberry Pi CM4 SoC – Broadcom BCM2711 CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A72 SoC @ 1.5GHz GPU […]

Altech DO-1 Modbus monitor connects to up to 128 Modbus RTU/TCP devices

Altech DO-1 Modbus monitor

US-based Altech Corp has recently announced the DO-1 universal monitor for Modbus devices to enable companies to easily monitor, collect, and analyze their equipment and process data such as temperature, humidity, pressure, vibration, and energy usage without any subscription fees or licenses. The DO-1 is a vendor-agnostic solution that connects to up to 128 RTU-TCP Modbus devices, features 5GB of internal data storage expandable up to 128GB with a microSD card, dual Ethernet, and optional WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. The device also implements dual power input with a 12V/24V DC input via a terminal block, and 5V via micro USB as power backup. Altech DO-1 specifications: Storage 5GB for data storage (I assume from 8GB eMMC flash) MicroSD card slot up to 128GB Networking 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet RJ45 port (LAN1) Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port (LAN2) LAN1 and LAN2 can be configured in switch or 2-port mode Optional WiFi 802.11 b/g/n […]

AsiaRF AWH575-MF1 WiFi HaLow industrial IoT controller offers RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI, UART, and ADC interfaces

WiFi HaLow IoT controller

AsiaRF AWH575-MF1 is a WiFi HaLow industrial IoT controller / remote control kit with RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI, UART, and 12-bit ADC interfaces to connect sensors or actuators and designed for long-range, low-power M2M communication. The board is comprised of an STMicro STM32U5 Cortex-M33 microcontroller to handle I/Os and communicate with an MM6108 WiFi HaLow (802.11ah) module made by AsiaRF. The board takes power from a USB-C port or optionally from a terminal block supporting a wider 9V to 24V DC input. AsiaRF AWH575-MF1 specifications: MCU – STMicro STM32U585CIT6Q CPU – Arm Cortex-M33 core @ 160 MHz Memory – 786 KB SRAM Storage – 2MB Flash Wi-Fi HaLow AsiaRF 802.11ah module based on Morse Micro MM6108 chipset Frequency Range – 902MHz to 928MHz Channel bandwidth – 1/2/4/8MHz Data Rate – Single-stream max data rate of 10 Mbps Transmit Power – 21dBm +/-2dBm @ MCS 0 Modulation – BPSK/QPSK/16 QAM/64 QAM […]

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