ARM Cortex M4 Computing Platform With FreeRTOS For Modbus / TCP Remote Digital I/O Applications

Artila Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of embedded device networking and computing, released their RIO-2015PG, a FreeRTOS programmable remote I/O module. The RIO-2015PG is powered by a 32-bit Atmel SAM4E16E 120MHz ARM Cortex M4 processor, which comes with 256KB SRAM, 3MB Flash and the FreeRTOS real time operating system. The industrial I/O of RIO-2015PG features one 10/100 MHz Ethernet port, one RS-232, one isolated RS-485, four isolated analog input channels, two isolated analog output channels, four isolated digital input and two channels of relay, and one 1-wire interface for temperature or humidity sensors.

RIO-2015PG is shipped with a  FreeRTOS+lwIP board support package (BSP), device manager utility and example programs. Users can download the Toolchain (Atmel Studio) from the Atmel web site. A tiny web server is available in RIO-2015PG and is ready for customer’s web-based application. Example programs, which demonstrate serial and Ethernet data communication, Web configuration and I/O controls, are available in the RIO-2015PG application development kit. The device manager utility featuring device discovery, network configuration, user’s web page, and firmware upload is also included. An example program demonstrating the pushing of sensor data to IBM Bluemix using MQTT is also included for quick sensor-to-cloud application development.

The low power consumption of the ARM cortex M4 microcontroller plus the high efficiency of FreeRTOS make the RIO-2015PG an ideal computing platform for device networking and remote monitoring.

=> Download the Artila Electronics - RIO-2010 Modbus / TCP Remote Digital I/O Module data sheet (PDF)...

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