ADLINK Announces Fast, Economical, Flexible, Open Real Time Distributed I/O System.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2002 Supports Up to 32,000 Distributed I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Points, 1,000 Points Per Millisecond One thousandth of a second. See space/time and ohnosecond. (unit) millisecond - (ms) One thousandth of a second, one thousand microseconds. A long time for a modern computer. Scan Rate The number of times per second an image capture or display device samples its field of vision. See scan line and horizontal scan frequency. See also scan technology. , 6Mbps Transmissions, and Hot Swappable See hot swap. I/O Modules ADLINK Technology Inc., the leading supplier of open-platform PC based measurement and automation equipment, today introduced High Speed Link (HSL (Hue Saturation Luminosity) A color space similar to HSB. See HSB. ), an innovative technology based on open-standard for distributed real-time I/O. HSL allows users to install a control network using only inexpensive CAT 5 cable and plain copper wire, utilizing such network to manage thousands of I/O points from an off-the-shelf industrial PC, making HSL more economical, manageable and flexible than existing solutions on the market. Providing an easy and inexpensive way to connect PC-based controllers to their I/O points, HSL is a fast multi-drop serial technology best suited for I/O control and automation application requirements. Based on the open standard (RS-422), HSL is designed for full/half-duplex, multi-drop serial transmission. In addition, I/O modules are hot swappable to allow maximum uptime. The PCI-bus master card with DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. supports memory read/write capability on the PC, utilizing minimal CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. resource while allowing the system to operate at full speed even under the Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Communication between master card and slave modules are done via hardware to assure real-time processing. Versatile slave modules include 32-channel discrete input/output or 16-channel discrete input with 8-channel relay. HSL enables a single PC to be configured to support more than 32,000 digital input or output points. At its capacity, all the points in the network still could be scanned in less than 2 msec without putting a burden on the host PC. Operating systems support included standard Windows 98/2000/NT, Embedded NT and Linux drivers and DLLs. An expanding choice of software tools such as IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission 61131-3, DAQ See data acquisition. Bench, ISaGRAF is available for engineers to rapidly and efficiently port applications to a PC-based controller. ADLINK's HSL makes I/O control and PC-based automation real fast, real-time, real simple. Specifications are available at: http://www.adlinktech.com/products/RealTime.htm About ADLINK Technology ADLINK Technology is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, high-quality PC based add-on cards for tests, measurement, automation and process control industries. ADLINK is also quickly emerging as a leader in industrial computing products, with innovative Passive Backplane and CompactPCI platforms. ADLINK products are marketed globally through direct sales offices for OEM/ODM customers and an extensive network of worldwide sales channels. The company has more than 50% of its employees in research and development in the following product groups: -- Automation: Motion controllers in PCI/cPCI form factors and open I/O systems technology for high speed real-time control applications. -- Test And Measurement: NuDAQ Series of ISA/PCI/cPCI Data Acquisition and communication I/O cards, NuDAM series of remote Data Acquisition Modules and DAQBench 32-Bit Active X Controls for Visual Programming and control. -- Computer And Communication: CompactPCI and PXI computing platforms in both 3U and 6U form factors and NuPRO series of PICMG Single Board Computers in Half and Full size versions. |
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