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Sid

2007-01-06, 8:28 pm



G'Day all,

I am looking at using an elexol IO24 CPU module which has ethernet and
24 I/O ports for control. Does anyone have any experience with this
module?

Does anyone know of any other ethernet based embeded modules with at
least 4-8 digital I/O?

Sid Young
Australia

Dave Houston

2007-01-06, 8:28 pm

"Sid" <sid.young@gmail.com> wrote:

>I am looking at using an elexol IO24 CPU module which has ethernet and
>24 I/O ports for control. Does anyone have any experience with this
>module?
>
>Does anyone know of any other ethernet based embeded modules with at
>least 4-8 digital I/O?


I guess it depends on what you want to accomplish but I think an embedded PC
with ethernet, running DOS or Linux makes much more sense that a dedicated
ethernet I/O board.

picoFlash has 16 I/O pins and there's an add-on board for 32 digital inputs,
20 digital outputs, and 11 channels of 12 bit analog inputs.

http://www.jkmicro.com/products/picoflash.html


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Sid

2007-01-06, 8:28 pm


A dedicated PC per point is not economically viable for me, I need
about a dozen of these modules on an ethernet link for 1 location and a
few more for another. I intend on using a central node to do some
agregation of data and if I can afford it a touch screen display to
assist as a master control seperate from the PC, but I might just use
another PC for that part of the system.

I'll have a look at the one you suggested.

So far I have elexol and modtronics as prime contenders.


Sid

Dave Houston wrote:
> "Sid" <sid.young@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I guess it depends on what you want to accomplish but I think an embedded PC
> with ethernet, running DOS or Linux makes much more sense that a dedicated
> ethernet I/O board.
>
> picoFlash has 16 I/O pins and there's an add-on board for 32 digital inputs,
> 20 digital outputs, and 11 channels of 12 bit analog inputs.
>
> http://www.jkmicro.com/products/picoflash.html
>
>
> http://davehouston.net
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/roZetta/
> roZetta-subscribe@yahoogroups.com


Dave Houston

2007-01-06, 8:28 pm

"Sid" <sid.young@gmail.com> wrote:

>A dedicated PC per point is not economically viable for me, I need
>about a dozen of these modules on an ethernet link for 1 location and a
>few more for another. I intend on using a central node to do some
>agregation of data and if I can afford it a touch screen display to
>assist as a master control seperate from the PC, but I might just use
>another PC for that part of the system.
>
>I'll have a look at the one you suggested.
>
>So far I have elexol and modtronics as prime contenders.


The picoFlash costs $99 although you will likely spend $129 to get the
development kit. The elexol board costs $124.

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