I/O Modules and Smart Sensors
Any-to-Any Connectivity and Distributed Computing for traditional and networked I/O Modules and Sensors
With high counts of flexible I/O and hardware-level logic manipulations and buffering available to the user, Xilinx SoCs and FPGAs are commonly used in traditional and networked IO modules and Smart Sensors. In traditional low-cost architectures, FPGAs interface to multiplexed digital and analog (via integrated XADC block) inputs, digital outputs, and aggregate communications to an industrial controller over backplane/bus topologies with optional controls for functional safety. Many modern I/O modules, and certainly Smart Sensors, are networked themselves and often carry distributed intelligence available through hard or soft application processors to enable multiple new use cases and performance. These I/O modules face the same requirements of other IIoT devices in an IT/OT converged function that are optimally supported by Xilinx SoCs, namely:
- Heterogeneous embedded processing, I/O flexibility, hardware-based deterministic control for non-interference between IT and OT functionality
- Connectivity over diverse Industrial Ethernet standards including support for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
- Compliance for IEC 62443 cybersecurity
- Real-time analytics and machine learning for more autonomous and responsive systems
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Spartan-7 FPGA Artix-7 FPGA |
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Zynq-7000S SoC |
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Zynq-7000S SoC |
Some Industrial IoT products need all elements of the Xilinx IIoT Solution Stack, all need some. The Xilinx IIoT Solution Stack is comprised of optimized Xilinx and Ecosystem building blocks and solutions used across Industrial IoT platforms. Starting from scratch is never something you will have to do with a Xilinx-based Industrial IoT system. Minimize development time and cost and maximize design reuse on your next Industrial IoT platform by exploring the different elements of the Xilinx IIoT Solution stack.
