05 September 2008

Artila Ships ARM Powered Programmable Automation Controller

Artila Electronics, based in Taiwan, is shipping the iPAC-5010, a Linux-based, network-enabled and Web-ready programmable automation controller featuring an Atmel ARM9 based sytem-on-chip (SoC).

The iPAC-5010 provides two 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports. A sophiticated Web server is pre-installed for users to implement applications which need Web-based remote monitor and controls. In addition, it is easy to add IEEE-802.11b/g WiFi support through the iPAC-5010's USB 2.0 ports. The system is built around Atmel's ARM9-based AT91RM9200 system-on-chip SoC clocked to 180MHz.

The iPAC-5010 provides one RS-232 and one RS-485 serial ports, running up to 921.6kbps. The RS-485 port supports hardware direction control, the company said. In addition, the iPAC-5010 provides 8 channels of Darlington-pair digital output, which can drive external relays directly.

The iPAC-5010 provides 16 channels of isolated digital input with opto-isolation protection up to 2500Vrms to ensure the iPAC-5010 can work properly in noisy industrial environment.

Users can install one standard SD Flash memory card, up to 4GB now, into the iPAC-5010 as an additional hard drive.