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Industrial Communications

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Overview
Renesas is enhancing industrial communications by offering high-performance solutions for Industrial Ethernet and sensor networks, focusing on faster throughput, greater flexibility, and cost reduction in automation applications.
Key Drivers for Improved Industrial Communication
  • Absolute Integration: Industrial Ethernet standardizes connectivity, enhancing transparency within and between plant and enterprise networks.
  • Distributed Intelligence: The demand for individualized products requires distributed intelligence, necessitating high-performance semiconductor products.
  • Vertical Transparency: Standardization through protocols like PROFINET and IO-Link allows real-time remote configuration, reducing deployment and maintenance costs.
R-IN32M3 Series of Industrial Ethernet Controllers
  • Addresses the lack of determinism in Ethernet for industrial control systems with HW-acceleration for real-time OS and network frame processing.
  • Supports major industrial Ethernet protocols such as EtherCAT, PROFINET, and EtherNet/IP.
TPS-1: Single Chip for PROFINET
  • Complies with PROFINET IO Conformance Class C, integrating complete interface functionality for easy and cost-efficient implementation.
  • Suitable for devices with specific housing and protection needs due to low space requirement and power dissipation.
ERTEC for Real-Time Ethernet Communications
  • Supports backward compatibility with legacy fieldbus devices and IO-Link standards, offering up to 200 MIPS of CPU performance.
  • Includes a dedicated hardware switch for fast and deterministic real-time data packet processing.
Renesas Industrial Ethernet PHY
  • Provides low node latency and system jitter for reliable high-performance real-time Ethernet systems.
  • Features line quality monitoring and IEEE1588 PTP timer for enhanced protocol implementation, compatible with standard Ethernet communications.
IO-Link for Efficient Fieldbus Integration
  • Facilitates communication and reconfiguration of sensors and actuators at the I/O level with Renesas’ µPD78F806x single chip solution.
  • Supported by alliances with leading technology providers for high-quality integrated products.
RX62N/RX63N Industrial Communications Microcontrollers
  • Combines RISC architecture speed with CISC core flexibility and code efficiency, offering extensive communication peripherals.
  • Designed for efficient communications with external peripherals and networks.
Specifications Overview
The document details specifications for Renesas microcontrollers, including RX621, RX631, RX62N, and RX63N, highlighting features like flash memory, SRAM, data flash, ADC, DAC, and various communication interfaces.
Communication Interfaces
Ethernet capabilities include 10/100 Mbps speed, MII/RMII connection, and Wake on LAN. USB supports Host/Device/OTG modes with up to 2 ports and 10 endpoints. CAN interface follows ISO11898-1 standard with 1 Mbps speed and 32 mailboxes. SPI/SCI supports up to 18 MHz in SPI Master mode.
Development Kits
The document describes starter kits for industrial automation and communication development, including TPS-1 PROFINET Device Chip Starter Kit, PROFINET Development Kit with ERTEC, Ethernet PHY Starter Kits, R-IN32M3 Starter Kits, and 78K0R IO-Link Development Kit.
Renesas RX62N/RX63N Starter Kits (RSK)
The RSKs provide a comprehensive platform for application design, including the E1 Debugger and trial versions of IDEs, facilitating quick project initiation.
Remote I/O Tool Box Kit
This kit supports I/O module systems development with multiple protocols like PROFINET RT, Ethernet IP, and IO-Link V1.1, including industrial controllers and a complete software development environment.
Recommendations
It is recommended to refer to the latest product manuals and data sheets for accurate and up-to-date information before using any Renesas products.
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Industrial Communications in Automation The desire for faster throughput, greater flexibility, and lower cost of ownership is driving the adoption of higher performance, standardised Industrial communications. Renesas is at the forefront of this trend delivering class leading solutions from Industrial Ethernet to sensor networks. There are 3 key drivers for improved industrial communication in automation applications. Absolute integration Industrial Ethernet is a big part of achieving absolute transparency within the plant, and between the plant and enterprise networks. A common base technology...

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The R-IN32M3 Series of Industrial Ethernet Controllers Internet of Things challenges Whilst Ethernet offers many possibilities that first generation fieldbuses were running short of, it lacks one distinct feature that imposes a major drawback for industrial control systems: determinism. Additionally, the major trend for distributed processing leads to groups of devices which form what is known as cyber physical systems. With that, the Internet of Things on the factory floor is within reach. Yet, to support such kind of connectivity for even the smallest devices, the power consumption needs to...

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TPS-1: Single chip for PROFINET – all inclusive The PROFINET IO Device Chip TPS-1 is designed for easy and cost-efficient implementation of PROFINET IO interfaces for automation devices. It is a highly integrated single chip solution that meets all requirements of the PROFINET IO protocols. The configurable host interfaces facilitate the flexible realization of different use cases like direct connection of an external host CPU or digital I/Os without additional circuitry. Certified RT/IRT functionality for PROFINET V2.3 The TPS-1 complies with PROFINET IO Conformance Class C. The integrated components...

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ERTEC for Real Time Ethernet Communications Q— Open TCP/IP channel • Device parameterization • Reading of diagnostics data communication channel • Hardware controlled • High-performance transfer • Cyclic data • Event-controlled signals • Hardware controlled • High-performance transfer • Data in isochronous mode ERTEC running the PROFINET software stack Integrating standard, real time, and 'isochronous' real time The ERTEC family of real time Ethernet controllers all include a dedicated hardware switch which enables the integration of various types of Ethernet traffic. The hardware controlled...

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Best in class Industrial Ethernet PHY Delivering on performance Renesas Industrial Ethernet PHY family exhibits very competitive round trip delay for a discrete Ethernet PHY device. Therefore developers experience lowest node latency and system jitter, two features that are required for reliable high performance real time Ethernet systems. As Ethernet based technologies becomes more and more popular in Industrial Automation, traditional discrete Ethernet PHY products will not enable the differentiation demanded by application developers. Renesas Ethernet PHY family shows our expertise in cutting...

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Single chip 10-Link for efficient Fieldbus Integration Completely integrated solution Connecting IO-Link in sensors or actuators to industrial Networks, could not be easier and cost-effective than with the LIPD78F806X single chip solution. Conventional solutions require a microcontroller and a transceiver circuit built around over 60 discrete components. Renesas' ^PD78F806x reduces this components count down to a single integrated device. It integrates a fully featured 16-bit microcontroller and two IEC61131-9 transceivers, independently operated for maximum flexibility and scalability. To complete...

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RX62N/RX63N Industrial Communications Microcontrollers The speed of a RISC architecture with the flexibility and code efficiency of a CISC core The RX Core marries the speed of a RISC architecture with the flexibility and code efficiency of a CISC architecture. The CPU interacts with the Flash and SRAM through an enhanced Harvard design. The RX Core leverages the industry’s fastest Flash memory, delivering 1.65 DMIPS/MHz and 2.77 CoreMark/MHz without wait states. Tightly coupled to the RX Core are the FPU, MAC, and RMPA (Repeat Multiply Accumulate), which are efficiently driven by DSP and floating...

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Getting started with Industrial Automation Development Kits Starter Kit for TPS-1 PROFINET Device Chip The TPS-1 Starter Kit is an all-in-the-box evaluation tool for the TPS-1 PROFINET device chip. It includes all required hard- and software for a simple PROFINET network including demonstration programs and it serves as a starting point for customer’s own developments. PROFINET Development Kit with ERTEC Two kits are available for the development of PROFINET applications. A fully featured version includes an IRT capable host controller so that developers can create a real IRT network to test...

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Industrial Communications Before purchasing or using any Renesas Electronics products listed herein, please refer to the latest product manual and/or data sheet in advance. Paper from responsible sources Renesas Electronics Europe © 2013 Renesas Electronics Europe All rights reserved. Printed in Germany.

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