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October 26, 2011 - IXXAT’s Industrial Ethernet Module (IEM), which enables connection of devices to PROFINET networks, has been certified by the PNO in accordance with the conformance class B. During the successful certification according to the IEC 61158 standard all requirements for the conformance class B were met. The certificate approves both the conformity to the PROFINET standard and the trouble-free interoperability with other certified devices. The IEM is used as a universal interface for the integration of different industrial Ethernet technologies. Apart from PROFINET it also supports POWERLINK, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, sercos, and Modbus-TCP. The module is suitable for any application in which intelligent devices, such as drives, frequency converters, IO modules, valves, and other automation technology components, are to be equipped with Industrial Ethernet, and where flexibility and extendibility shall be realized at reasonable costs.
The IEM is based on a powerful Altera Cyclone III FPGA and comes with an integrated 32 bit CPU, Ethernet controllers, and with the required PHYs, transformers, and RJ45 sockets. The two-port Ethernet interface allows for an easy setting up of ring and line topologies. The module can be connected to the host system either memory mapped via data/address bus or by using the SPI. The protocol-independent programming interface (host API) is specially designed to support different protocols with only slight changes to the customer application. For development and testing IXXAT offers an evaluation kit including the IEM, a carrier board, a CPU module (including adapter board), as well as the host API and a sample code (source code). If the form factor of the Industrial Ethernet Module cannot be used for integration into the customer’s device, IXXAT offers a design-in solution in addition to customized versions of the module. Furthermore, IXXAT develops fully customized solutions on a project basis.
Company Background
IXXAT Automation is a provider of data communication products and services for the automation and automotive industries. The company focuses on industrial communication systems based on CAN (CANopen, DeviceNet), Ethernet (POWERLINK, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, Modbus-TCP), and TCP/IP with the associated transport protocols. Solutions for the automotive industry are mainly based on CAN (diagnosis protocols, SAE J1939),
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