New interface supports PROFINET v2.3 IRT
ProductMarch 31, 2014
Innovasic engineers released a new version of the company’s RapID Platform Network Interface for PROFINET IRT and RT connectivity. The new interface supports PROFINET v2.3 and provides cycle times down to 250 µs. Cycle times down to 31.25 µs are supported on the same hardwa...
Innovasic engineers released a new version of the company’s RapID Platform Network Interface for PROFINET IRT and RT connectivity. The new interface supports PROFINET v2.3 and provides cycle times down to 250 µs. Cycle times down to 31.25 µs are supported on the same hardware platform as soon as PROFIBUS & PROFINET International releases the high performance profile. This version of the RapID Platform also has the company’s PriorityChannel technology, which eliminates the detrimental effects of network traffic and loading.
The device comes as a module or embedded design with everything necessary to participate in a PROFINET IRT and RT network. The host processor connects with the Network Interface via a UART or 16-bit Parallel Interface. At the software layer, the host then connects to Innovasic’s Unified Interface API so that other protocols may be used without changing host processor software. Since the Unified Interface is exactly the same across all versions of the RapID Platform, users that develop a PROFINET IRT or RT product may convert to any other supported Industrial Ethernet protocol. A web server included with the RapID platform enables users to change field device parameters through the use of a standard web browser.
