DMA PCI Express communication card CIFX PCIE90-RE

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Overview
The cifX PCI Express PC card provides a cyber-secure, Real-Time Ethernet communication interface for PC-based automation. It features a CRA-compliant slave interface and supports IIoT use cases such as condition monitoring and predictive maintenance.

Highlights

• Single PC card solution for multiple Industrial Ethernet and IIoT protocols
• CRA-compliant slave interface – successor to CIFX 50E-RE
• IIoT-ready for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance
• Wide driver support and a standardized API for easy integration
• Cost-efficient retrofit option for PC-based communication interfaces
• Harmonized hardware, firmware, and tools for cyber-secure industrial communication

Product details
The cifX PC card family is a unified standard supporting all Real-Time Ethernet and Fieldbus systems for PC-based automation. The protocol stack runs autonomously on the PC card and exchanges process data with the host via Dual-Port-Memory or DMA (Direct Memory Access). Thanks to the common Hilscher Platform Strategy, all PC cards use the same drivers and tools regardless of protocol or card format. Hilscher netX technology enables multiple Real-Time Ethernet protocols on a single hardware platform by changing firmware. Various hardware options — different cable lengths, M-12 connectors, additional NVRAM, extended temperature range, 2-channel cards, or detached network interfaces — provide optimized solutions for specific applications. A broad set of device drivers and a free C-Toolkit are available. The cifX portfolio is continuously extended to support new standards, protocols, and formats (for example M.2 and mini PCIe halfsize).

Supported protocols

• CC-Link IE Field Basic Slave
• OPC UA Server
• MQTT Client
• Sercos Slave
• PROFINET IO-Device
• POWERLINK Controlled Node
• Open Modbus/TCP Server
• Open Modbus/TCP Client
• EtherNet/IP Adapter
• EtherCAT Slave

Order information
Product name | Part number | Brief description
CIFX PCIE90-RE | 1420.100 | Cyber-secure PCI Express PC card – Real-Time Ethernet Device

Caractéristiques / spécifications techniques

• Product name: CIFX PCIE90-RE
• Part number: 1420.100
• Product type: Cyber-secure PCI Express PC card – Real-Time Ethernet Device
• CRA-compliant slave interface
• IIoT-ready (use cases: condition monitoring, predictive maintenance)
• Protocol stack executed on card; host interface via Dual-Port-Memory or DMA (Direct Memory Access)
• Based on Hilscher netX technology - supports multiple Real-Time Ethernet protocols by firmware
• Unified Hilscher platform: same drivers and tools across cards
• Available device drivers and free C-Toolkit
• Hardware options: different cable lengths, M-12 connectors, additional NVRAM, extended temperature range, 2-channel cards, detached network interfaces
• Supported protocols: CC-Link IE Field Basic Slave; OPC UA Server; MQTT Client; Sercos Slave; PROFINET IO-Device; POWERLINK Controlled Node; Open Modbus/TCP Server and Client; EtherNet/IP Adapter; EtherCAT Slave