Analog Devices RAPID-NIEK-V0004 User Manual

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EVALUATION KIT CONTENTS

Network interface baseboard
UART personality module
Parallel interface personality module
Ethernet personality module
Power supply with outlet adapters
Ethernet cable
USB cable
Innovasic developer portal information card

DOCUMENTS NEEDED

Protocol specific user guide

ADDITIONAL HARDWARE REQUIRED

RapID-NI-V2007, RapID-NI-V2008, RapID-NI-V2009,
NI-V2010, RapID-NI-V2011, or

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE REQUIRED

NI_TEST_IO host processor simulator, available for download
from the Developer Portal

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The RapID™ Platform network interface solutions are pretested,
industrial network interfaces that manage the industrial
protocol and network traffic. The unified interface of the
module allows a single host interface hardware, and the
software design supports PROFINET®, PROFINET IRT,
PROFIBUS®, EtherNet/IP, EtherNet/IP with device level ring
(DLR), EtherCAT, and ModbusTCP. Choose the type of
network interface to support the required industrial protocols.
The unified interface ensures that the host processor hardware
or software interface does not need to change, even when the
user switches or updates protocols. The network interface
connects to a host processor via a UART, 16-bit parallel
interface, or Ethernet cable.
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The evaluation kit provides a quick assessment for interfacing a
host processor to the network interface module (sold separately).
When the host side communication is established, use third
party PC-based tools or vendor specific programmable logic
controllers (PLC) to evaluate the communication. The commu-
nication path between the host processor and a PLC can be
completely verified before integrating the network interface into
the end field device.
The RAPID-NIEK-V0004 evaluation kit provides an end to end
evaluation of the communication path from the host processor
to the PLC. This user guide describes how to use the evaluation
kit to set up and run a host simulator example (see the corre-
sponding protocol specific user guide for full details). The
application example demonstrates the host communication
example that ultimately leads to an end to end communication
from a host processor to a PLC. For the example described in
this user guide, the host processor is a PC and communicates to
the network interface via USB. Communication to the PLC is is
described on a protocol by protocol basis in the protocol specific
user guide.
After running the application example, the user can refer to the
protocol specific quickstart guide for an example of the network
communication. The evaluation kit and protocol specific user
guide must be used in conjuction with the
Guide to develop field device products, available for download
from the Developer Portal.
Figure 2 shows an overview of the evaluation and development
process. For full details on the completion of a field device design
using the network interface, see the
User Guide
UG-1204
Design Integration
Design Integration Guide.