The pre-certified embedded communication interfaces can be directly integrated into the electronics of the terminal device. Changes in the firmware of the terminal device are not necessary. This is important, for instance, for those devices whose firmware is certified and therefore may not be altered. As an alternative to customer’s own developed interfaces, the UNIGATE IC family optimizes developments costs and time-to-market of the final product.
The compact embedded solution is available as a core component for Industry 4.0 for all common fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet standards PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherNet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, DeviceNET, as well as for Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, CANopen and LonWorks. All of the devices, which are designed for various protocols, are pin compatible and can therefore be used flexibly and can be interchanged without additional effort. This thus allows quickly providing terminal devices with any desired bus for optimal integration into the environment.
The UNIGATE IC, which consists of microcontroller, Flash, RAM and all other components such as optocoupler and bus driver, is provided in a 32 DIL housing covering an area of 25 mm x 45 mm. The embedded solution can be connected via a UART interface to the microcontroller of the terminal device or can operate as stand-alone. The hardware development is reduced to integration of the IC socket and bus specific connectors.
The powerful all-in-one bus nodes can be programmed via the Deutschmann Automation developed script language. Therefore, more complex applications, which cannot be presented via a pure configuration, can be mapped. The Protocol Developer is a free tool for generation of the script. It is easy to use and specifically optimized to the bus communication. The scripts run on all UNIGATE IC variants.
For more complex applications, which cannot be represented via a pure configuration, we offer the Deutschmann Script language for the flexible, proprietary protocol connection between the UNIGATE module and the terminal device. With the help of the free Deutschmann software Protocol Developer, you control the data traffic between the application and the bus system without having to change the firmware of the terminal.
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Dimensions (WxDxH in mm) |
45 x 25 x 9,5 45 x 25 x 12 (execution DPL and DPX) |
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Voltage supply |
5V; 3,3V |
Housing | 32 DIL |
Weight | approx. 10 g |
Current consumption | Typ. 300mA |
Operating temperature | Industrial temperature range -40°C up to +85°C |
Storage-/Transport temperature | -40°C ... +100°C |
Fieldbus functions | All specified PROFIBUS DPV1 Slave functions |
Interfaces | 2x UART, 1x SPI/Syn. serial |
Technology | ASIC |
Certifications | PROFIBUS (precertified) |
Performance characteristics | UNIGATE IC-Profibis DPL | UNIGATE IC-Profibis DPX | UNIGATE IC-Profibis DPV1 |
Supported DP application layers | DPV0, DPV1, DPV2 | DPV0, DPV1, DPV2 | DPV0, DPV1, DPV2 |
Data length PROFIBUS | 244 Byte I/O | 244 Byte I/O | 244 Byte I/O |
Parameter PROFIBUS | 16 Byte | 244 Byte | 244 Byte |
Config data PROFIBUS | 16 Byte | 128 Byte | 128 Byte |
Diagnosis PROFIBUS | 32 Byte | 244 Byte | 244 Byte |
Identification and Maintenance (I&M) | - | I&M 0 | I&M 0 |
Overall high mm | 12 | 12 | 9,5 |
Voltage supply | 3,3V/5V | 3,3V/5V | 5V |
Order designation | Description | Order number |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPV1 | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPV1, only available as 5Volt-Version | V3218 |
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UNIGATE IC-16-ProfibusDPV1 | All-In-One Single-Chip- Interface for PROFIBUS DPV1 with 16K Scriptmemory, only available as 5Volt-Version | V3629 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPX, 3,3V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPX, 3,3V | V3704 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPX, 5V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPX, 5V | V3744 |
UNIGATE IC-LWL-ProfibusDPX, 3,3V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for LWL-PROFIBUS DPX, 3,3V | V3923 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPX without RS485 driver, 3,3V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPX without RS485 driver, 3,3V | V3817 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPX without RS485 driver, 5V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPX without RS485 driver, 5V | V3816 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPL, 3,3V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPL, 3,3V | V3525 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPL, 5V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPL, 5V | V3473 |
UNIGATE IC-LWL-ProfibusDPL, 3,3V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for LWL-PROFIBUS DPL, 3,3V | V3742 |
UNIGATE IC-LWL-ProfibusDPL, 5V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for LWL-PROFIBUS DPL, 5V | V3743 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPL without RS485 driver, 3,3V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPL without RS485 driver, 3,3V | V3631 |
UNIGATE IC-ProfibusDPL without RS485 driver, 5V | All-In-One Single-Chip Interface for PROFIBUS DPL without RS485 driver, 5V | V3626 |