Arduino has formally launched its Single-Pair Ethernet add-on for the Arduino UNO R4 household of growth boards, including expanded assist for industrial communications: the Arduino UNO SPE Defend.
“Convey cutting-edge industrial connectivity to your Arduino UNO R4 initiatives,” the corporate guarantees of the brand new board, designed particularly for the latest-generation variants of the favored UNO growth board vary — and incompatible with the UNO R3 and earlier. “The Arduino UNO SPE Defend combines Single Pair Ethernet (T1S) and RS485 communication in a single versatile module – good for good automation, retrofitting, and IoT innovation.”
Arduino is angling to place the UNO R4 household on the coronary heart of commercial IoT with the brand new UNO SPE Defend add-on. (📷: Arduino)
Introduced again in November final yr, the Arduino UNO SPE Defend’s major focus is on Single-Pair Ethernet (10BASE-T1S, IEEE 802.3bw) connectivity. Targeted totally on long-range industrial communications and utilizing solely a single twisted wire pair, the SPE connectivity is offered by means of the combination of a Microchip LAN8651B1T-E/LMX SPE MAC-PHY — with the 2 corporations working in tandem to make sure the add-on board is plug-and-play appropriate with the Arduino UNO R4 Minima and UNO R4 WiFi growth boards.
The board additionally consists of what Arduino describes as “legacy” RS485 connectivity, with the corporate positioning the board — hooked up to an appropriate Arduino UNO R4, naturally — as a really perfect approach so as to add SPE connectivity and Industrial Web of Issues (IIoT) capabilities to present RS485 infrastructure. “Whether or not you’re retrofitting industrial machines, constructing good vitality monitoring programs, or prototyping superior IoT units,” the corporate guarantees, “the SPE Defend simplifies communication between trendy or legacy gear.”
The Arduino SPE Defend is now obtainable on the Arduino retailer, priced at $39; an Arduino UNO R4 Minima or Arduino UNO R4 WiFi to go together with it can price $20 or $22 additional respectively, the latter at present on sale with a 20 % low cost.