The SmartTILE (Smart TRi Integrated Logic Engine) is a programmable logic controller CPU board that plugs onto a carrier I/O board. The board integrates a 32-bit CPU, ferroelectric RAM (FRAM) and flash memory, a battery-backed real-time clock, and an Ethernet port on board. Its digital, analog, and serial I/O signals are brought to a user’s carrier board via three sets of header pins.
All critical components are already built-in on board. A user just needs to design a simple carrier PCB that contains a D/A circuit that interfaces the SmartTILE’s low-voltage signals to real-world voltages and currents (e.g., 24, 120, or 240 V).
The SmartTILE-Fx provides 16 digital inputs, 16 digital outputs (5-V CMOS logic level), eight analog inputs, and four analog outputs (12-bit, 0-5V) and can be expanded to 128 digital inputs and 128 digital outputs. The controller board -Fx provides three channels of serial ports (3.3 V, TX, RX, and /RTS) that can interface to RS-232, RS-485, or even wireless radio. An I2C port (3.3 V) is also available, allowing OEM to interface to specialty ICs that support I2Cbus.
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