PC cards for secure, industrial communications
cifX PCIE90-RE and cifX LPCIE90-RE PC cards for secure, industrial communications are based on the netX 90 system-on-chip (SoC) and are available in PCI Express and low-profile PCI Express form factors. They’re designed for PC-based automation solutions that want to securely integrate into industrial networks, with high performance and long-term availability. These new cifX variants are suitable successors to established netX 100-based cifX PC cards with a PCI Express interface, such as cifX 50E-RE.
At the core of each card is Hilscher’s multiprotocol-capable netX 90 communication controller. Both cifX PCIE90-RE and cifX LPCIE90-RE support common, industrial Ethernet and IIoT protocols, including:
- Profinet IO-device
- EtherCAT subdevice
- EtherNet/IP adapter
- OpenModbus/TCP server/client
- CC-Link IE field-basic slave
- POWERLINK control node
- Sercos slave
- OPC UA server
- MQTT publish/subscribe
These protocols can be adapted to serve different requirements by switching their firmware. Hilscher places particular emphasis on helping customers prepare for regulatory requirements such as the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Both cifX PC cards are designed to integrate security-by-design concepts into PC-based devices, providing a robust basis for secure industrial networks.