Pyxos FT Network Chip
| The Pyxos FT network chip embeds both the protocol for a Pyxos platform and the transceiver for communicating on the Pyxos network -- all you have to do is develop applications. Thanks to its tiny size (5mm x 5mm), the chip can fit in virtually any sensor or actuator. You can connect it directly to digital I/O without a microcontroller, making for an ultra-compact smart device. You can also port the chip's serial peripheral interface (SPI) port to a wide variety of low-cost microcontrollers to accommodate more complex I/O requirements. |  |
Features
- Low-cost embedded control networking chip for use inside machines and for extending control networks to high-performance sensor networks
- Very small -- fits into almost any sensor and actuator (20-pin QFN 5mm x 5mm package)
- Extensible architecture for seamless integration with LonWorks control networks and the Internet
- Self-organizing feature configures the network without special tools or skilled labor
- High-speed deterministic operation (<= 25ms response time)
- 312.5kbps network transmission speed
- Polarity-insensitive, free topology, twisted-pair wiring
- Link power lets you send communication and power over that same pair of wires
- Robust performance -- ideal for industrial and consumer products and applications including automotive, buildings, office machines, and transportation
- Exceptional data integrity with Forward Error Correction and 18 bit packet CRC
- Exceptionally high common mode noise and interference immunity
- Network pins ESD protection to over 8kV HBM
- -40°C to +85°C operating temperature range
- RoHS-compliant
Pyxos Network Architecture
A Pyxos FT network consists of as many as 32 Pyxos Points and one Pyxos Pilot.
Pyxos Points are embedded in sensors, actuators, and displays, from which they gather and distribute control data. Pyxos Pilots collect and send this data to local host processors, LonWorks control networks, programmable logic controllers, and the Internet. Pyxos Pilots also receive commands from these sources and use them to control the Pyxos Points.
Pyxos Points can either be unhosted (without a microcontroller; with only digital I/Os) or hosted (with a microcontroller). Pyxos Pilots need a microcontroller and can either be standalone (not connected to any external network) or networked (connected to a higher-level external network, such as a LonWorks network, to communicate with the outside world).
Pyxos Point Block Diagrams
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Pyxos Pilot Block Diagrams
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Getting Started with the Pyxos FT Platform
All your technical questions are answered right here.
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