Analog Devices Announces Industry’s First Software Configurable Industrial I/O for Building Control and Industrial Automation

• View the AD74412R and AD74113R product pages, download data sheets and order samples: https://www.analog.com/AD74412R or https://www.analog.com/AD74413R

• Watch a video about the new products: https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/videos/6122942182001.html

• View the webcast to learn about designing software configurable systems for Industry 4.0:

https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/webcasts/designing-software-configurable-systems-industry-4-0.html

• Learn more about ADI and Industry 4.0: https://www.analog.com/industry4.0 or

https://www.analog.com/media/en/news-marketing-collateral/solutions-bulletins-brochures/Industry-4-0-Executive-Guide.pdf

As Industry 4.0 emerges, manufacturers need flexible systems that can quickly and easily adapt to changing requirements, all driven by shifts in consumer behaviors and demand. As a result, they can no longer rely on fixed, large-scaled systems designed for mass-market products and predictable demand.  Instead, flexible systems that can be reconfigured quickly with minimal downtime and capital investment are required. With ADI’s software configurable I/O, manufacturers can more efficiently implement new projects and achieve more flexible automated control, resulting in reduced design and installation costs, as well as reduced commissioning delays.

In using software configurable I/O, manufacturers can develop a platform that replaces multiple aging fixed function I/O modules or be applied across multiple customer applications where the I/O dynamic changes with each installation. For systems traditionally reliant on control cabinets with multiple I/O modules and specified wiring for each channel type, the need for hardware diminishes as end users can now install a single module type programmable from the control room, helping to decrease logistic, manufacturing and support costs. Software configurable I/O also acts as a bridge to Ethernet-based control networks, as it can further be applied to brownfield installations requiring updates to 10BASE-T1L industrial ethernet systems. It enables development of standardized, configurable field I/O units capable of translating between installed HART-enabled 4-20mA sensors and actuators and 10BASE-T1L or 100M Fibre backhaul.