Ethernet Controller facilitates use of Profinet.
Press Release Summary:
Equipped with 4-port switch and 32-bit microprocessor, ASIC ERTEC 400 combines real-time communications for high-speed control of all Ethernet communications including TCP/IP. With 1 ms cycle time and less than 1 µs jitter, as many as 150 axes may be simultaneously controlled in motion control applications. Development kit includes everything required to develop PN I/O device, including hardware, driver, demonstration programs, and documentation.
Original Press Release:
Siemens Makes It Simple To Use Profinet With New ASIC ERTEC 400 Processor
Development Kit Offers Everything to Get Started
ATLANTA (October 18, 2005) - Siemens Energy and Automation has reduced the time and effort it takes to reap the benefits of PROFINET Isochronous Real-Time Ethernet (IRT), with the new ASIC ERTEC 400 Enhanced Real-Time Ethernet Controller.
Equipped with a 4-port switch and a 32-bit microprocessor, the ASIC ERTEC 400 combines real-time communication for high-speed control of all Ethernet communications, including TCP/IP. With a 1 millisecond cycle time, and less than 1 microsecond jitter, as many as 150 axes may be simultaneously controlled in motion control applications.
The processor is integrated in the Siemens CP 1616 card for PCs; SCALANCE X200-IRT Industrial Ethernet Switches for configuring Ethernet networks in line, star, and ring topologies; and SIMOTION D motion control systems. Device manufacturers may also use the ASIC ERTEC 400 to incorporate PROFINET technology in their products.
"The ASIC ERTEC 400 is a certified processor that minimizes PROFINET development times and test scenarios," said Ralph Buesgen, Siemens PROFINET manager. "We offer all the features and tools to make it simple to use PROFINET, including built-in diagnostics based on web technologies."
A development kit package is available for the ASIC ERTEC 400 that includes everything required to develop a PN I/O device, including hardware, driver, demonstration programs, and documentation.
Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of the Siemens operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. For more information: www.sea.siemens.com.
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $91.5 billion in fiscal 2004. Founded more than 155 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $16.6 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Thirteen of Siemens worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 440,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.
