The Profinet RapID Platform is available in several forms to meet your needs. The Universal Gateway is a DIL plug-in module that uses a serial connection to a host CPU and can be adapted to convert any existing serial protocol to Profinet (eg. convert Modbus RTU to Profinet). The Network Interface is a plug-in module including PHY and RJ45 connectors and either a serial or 16-bit parallel connection to the host. The Network Interface is also available as an embedded design with schematics, BOM and firmware that you can add into your own board. In both cases the Network Interface uses a common abstraction API that allows you to connect either Profinet or EtherNet/IP to the same host with no software changes needed on the host. Each of the above solutions includes all the necessary hardware, firmware and stacks to take care of the Profinet protocol and there are NO LICENSE FEES or ROYALTIES with these products. To further minimize your development time, the identical schematic and hardware supports both EtherNet/IP and Profinet. So when you have developed a product supporting one of these protocols, you can very quickly develop a second product that supports the other protocol with only a firmware change.
For more sophisticated applications or standalone applications with no host CPU, a complete Developer Solution is available with a one time upfront license fee. The Developer Solution for Profinet includes all schematics, bill of materials, design tools, software, stacks and example code to allow the fastest time to market.
All of the RapID Platform products include an embedded Ethernet switch for daisy-chain or line network topologies. In additional, all RapID Platform solutions are based on the Innovasic fido1100 communications controller chip and include our PriorityChannel technology solution that quickly passes real-time messages between the network wire and the device application on-time, every time.
Check out the following Profinet RapID Platform Products:
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Profinet RapID
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