Hi all. I've been in conversation with a supplier who would like like to roadtest a Software-configurable Analog and Digital I/O with 10BASE-T1L Evaluation Board. It's been popular with them and they would like to see how they community would review it.
Let me go through some highpoints of the board. I would appreciate your vote in the poll below so I can gauge community interest in roadtesting this product.
A Conversation Starter ... What is Software-configurable I/O?
There’s growing consumer demand for customized products and so flexibility is becoming very important. Historically, that reconfiguration meant rebuilding the production line, as well as replacing and swapping the various fixed function modules, which is time-consuming and expensive. One way manufacturers can enhance their flexibility is with software configurable I/O (SWIO). SWIO provides flexibility for an industrial I/O function to be accessed on any pin, allowing channels to be configured at any time. Thus, customization can happen right at the time of installation.
Here's a little info about the eval board to be roadtested
The AD-SWIOT1L-SL provides a software and hardware platform for prototyping intelligent, secure, network capable field devices. The board incorporates the AD74413R Quad-Channel, Software Configurable Input and Output and the MAX14906 Quad-Channel Industrial Digital Output/Digital Input ICs, allowing the multiplexing of several analog and digital functions on four channels which can be independently configurable through software to act as:
- voltage output / input
- current output / input
- digital input / output
- RTD measurement
A 10 Mbps single-pair Ethernet link, using the ADIN1110 10BASE-T1L MAC/PHY, enables remote data acquisition and device configuration. The 10BASE-T1L interface can also be used for powering the system via the Single-pair Power over Ethernet (SPoE) technology using the LTC9111 Powered Device (PD) controller. This way, power and data for the system is provided over the same cable to significantly simplify the cabling infrastructure and cost.
Here are some key features:
- Allows prototyping of intelligent, secure, and connected process control devices
- Ultimate flexibility in I/O interface configurability through software
- Embedded processing for implementing self-capable edge devices
- Long-range single-pair 10BASE-T1L Ethernet interface
- Power delivery via the 10BASE-T1L interface or from a field supply enabling both low and high power applications
- Fully isolated design for safe operation
- Industry standard form factor compatible with DIN rail mounts
Here are the I/O Specs:
- Channels 4 Software Configurable IO channels
- Digital input Type 1 and 3, or Type 2
- Digital output High-Side (HS) Switch or Push-Pull (PP) Driver
- Analog input Voltage (0 V to 10 V), Current (0 mA to 25 mA)
- Analog output Voltage (0 V to 11 V), Current (0 mA to 25 mA)
- RTD measurements 2-wire RTD (0 Ω to 1 MΩ)
Here is the documentation:
Manufacturer Page
User Guide
Github
Backgrounder of Software-configurable I/O
Video
Webinar
How Software Configurable Hardware Helps for Flexibility in Industrial I/O Modules
Here's the roadtester poll:
