Digital I/Os put embedded computer in control
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Moxa Technologies product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Aug 23, 2005
The UC-7408 is an Intel Xscale RISC based, front-end embedded computer with a robust, fanless and low-power-consumption design.
The UC-7408 is an Intel Xscale RISC based, front-end embedded computer with a robust, fanless and low-power-consumption design.
The UC-7408 features eight digital input and eight digital output channels, eight RS232/422/485 serial ports, dual 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet, PCMCIA and CF expansion slot.
The new DI/DO feature of UC-7408 provides users with the convenience of connecting their digital devices to a front-end embedded computer.
The UC-7408 can be used for on/off event handling by reading the state change of the digital input signal.
Output signals from external digital devices can be imported into UC-7408's DI channels.
UC-7408 can be programmed to take immediate action when it detects a change in the signal state.
The DO channels on UC-7408 can connect to devices and trigger digital output signals to control external digital devices.
The new DI/DO feature will let Moxa embedded computers support both data acquisition and protocol conversion via the RS232/422/485 serial ports, and simple I/O control with the DI/DO signal.
The UC-7408 is ideally suited for industrial automation, manufacturing and applications that integrate serial communication and digital I/O signal control.
The unit comes with a Linux ready platform that has a preconfigured Linux OS with optimised onboard device drivers.
Linux's open software architecture is good for developing application software.
Linux provides the system integrator and programmer with the option of developing their own application programs, and software written for desktop PCs can be easily ported to the UC-7408 platform by using a Gnu crosscompiler, without needing to modify the code.
The ultralow power consumption CPU (less than 2W) makes the UC-7408 a high performance device that won't overheat.
The two LAN ports with built-in IXP-422 provide reliable redundant networking, and hardware encryption (DES, 3DES, AES etc) gives applications better security protection and higher performance.
The UC-7408 Series comes equipped with eight RS232/422/485 software configurable serial ports for various device connections, giving an ample number of serial ports for any application.
The unit uses an onboard Flash for storage and CF for storage expansion, and with the RISC IXP-422 CPU, which generates almost no heat, no fan is needed to cool down the system, providing a more reliable system.
With UC-7408's wireless-ready design, system designers can just add a wireless PCMCIA card to make use of the wireless connection.
Both 802.11b and 802.11g are supported.
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