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News Release from: Saelig Company | Subject: GMB HR168
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 May 2006
Industrial controller fits in DIN-rail
module
A low-cost, stand-alone industrial controller can work as intelligent peripheral for factory or automation applications, or remotely mounted in a wide-area control network.
The GMB HR168 is a DIN-rail module that can take a variety of 28- or 40-pin Grifo GMM Mini Module CPU boards based on 8051, PIC and AVR cores to quickly make versatile industrial controllers The GMB HR168 features 16 galvanically isolated inputs and eight relay outputs with LED status indicators, an asynchronous serial line, an I2C bus interface, an analogue input for A/D convertor, a PWM output, up to four TTL I/Os, and a battery-backed RTC option
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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This low-cost, stand-alone industrial controller can work as intelligent peripheral for factory or automation applications, or remotely mounted in a wide-area control network.
The GMB HR168 is housed in a sturdy 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.3in plastic housing with DIN-rail clamps for easy mounting.
The low cost of this interface and optional internal CPU Mini Modules allows users to build a variety of economical automation systems.
Complete applications can be created in extremely short times and at minimal costs by using a variety of available compilers: Bascom 8051, Pascal, C (uC/51) or Ladder Work are for Mini Modules based on an 8051 core, and other compilers are available for PIC and AVR cores.
The GMB HR168 is provided with a set of easy-to- use terminal block connectors to easily link with field signals which are Transzorb-protected.
A wide range of internal Mini Modules are available starting at $149.00.
Made in Italy by Grifo, GMB HR168 is available from stock at $199.00 each from Saelig.
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