Product Description

The CX9020-0115-1004 is a state-of-the-art and highly durable industrial Ethernet control system built by Beckhoff Automation according to international quality standards. This product is the perfect combination of past experience and new-generation innovation; it features a 1 GHz Arm Cortex-A8 central processing unit and is renowned for its rapid response operation. The controller operates with Beckhoff Input and output systems, which are directly integrated into the CPU module. The product also has the unique ability to automatically identify any Bus system connected and automatically switch to the correct operating mode that suits the connected system. There are two slots on this controller for flash memory cards; a 512 micro SD card is already included, although operators can expand this memory capacity with another SD card. The main memory in the CX9020-0115-1004 is a non-volatile DDR3 RAM with a memory capacity of about 1 gigabyte.

The CX9020-0115-1004 Ethernet controller does not generate too much heat during operation. It has a passive heat dissipation system. The operating system used by the CX9020-0115-1004 Ethernet controller is the Windows Embedded Compact 7, while the TwinCAT 2 runtime serves as the control software. This controller is also extremely conservative when it comes to electrical consumption; it only requires a power supply of 24 volts. Also, the maximum power consumption of the product is approximately 5 watts.

Before the distribution of this product, it is tested and certified to conform to EN 61000-6-2/EN 61000-6-4 EMC immunity level; it can also withstand shock and vibration according to EN 60068-2-6/EN 60068-2-27. The protection provided by the housing design of this controller is according to the IP20 protection rating, while the permissible ambient temperature for operation is between -25 to 60 degrees Celsius.