￭Ready to mount technology for smallest devices and fast and easy integration
￭Space saving M.2 2230 format with a size of only 22x30mm
￭Low power consuming design for energy-efficient products
￭One hardware supports Fieldbus and Real-Time Ethernet communication protocols
￭NEW: PROFIBUS-DP firmware and network interface available
With cifX in PCI Express M.2 form factor, Hilscher presents the smallest multiprotocol PC-Cards on the automation market. The scope of delivery provides a comprehensive package including all necessary hard- and software components for a fast and simple integration. Customers only have to mount, install and connect their application and physical network.
The PCI Express M.2 standard offers the chance for manufacturers to build small, smart, and innovative devices as well as to integrate numerous functions into systems through different types of add-in cards. With cifX in M.2 2230 Key A+E format, Hilscher presents an M.2 PC-Card for Real-Time Ethernet and Fieldbus communication, opening up an easy way to address new markets, relying on ready-to-use industrial network technology of Hilscher and reducing own efforts in product designs.cifX PC-Cards are intended for an easy integration of a network interface, containing all established industrial automation standards, therefore providing a fast time to market of the customer’s products and features. The cifX card is mounted into M.2 2230 Key A or Key E sockets within seconds.
Loadable firmware for: PROFINET IO-Device, EtherNet/IP Adapter, EtherCAT Slave, OpenModbus/TCP & PROFIBUS-DP
The appropriate network connector is included as well. As the market leader and technology specialist for PC-Cards in industrial automation, Hilscher continuously provides new firmware for further Real-Time Ethernet and traditional Fieldbus protocols.
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