With the Industrial Ethernet ASICs of the ERTEC family (Enhanced Real-Time Ethernet Controller), devices and systems can be connected to PROFINET without great effort. The high-performance Ethernet controllers with 32-bit microprocessor as well as integral real-time switch for Real Time Ethernet have been specially developed for industrial use.

These Ethernet controllers handle all the data transmission for PROFINET with Real-Time (RT) and Isochronous Real-Time (IRT) and thus offload the application processor. Thanks to the integral 2-port switch (ERTEC 200 and ERTEC 200P) or 4-port switch (ERTEC 400), there are no costs for external switches. Flexible topologies such as star, tree and linear topologies can be implemented without any other external network components.

• ERTEC 200P
  with integral 2-port switch and maximum performance for compact and modular PROFINET field devices. The ERTEC 200P is designed for cycle times up to 31.25 µs. In conjunction with a high-speed ARM 926 CPU, it meets all the requirements for powerful PROFINET implementation.
• ERTEC 200
  with an integral 2-port switch for developing compact or modular PROFINET field devices.
• ERTEC 400
  with 4 integral ports and one integral PCI interface for developing network components and field devices with specific requirements regarding communication capabilities.

The EK-ERTEC 200P PN IO, DK-ERTEC 200 PN IO and DK-ERTEC 400 PN IO development kits enable the uncomplicated development of PROFINET field devices thanks to fast and simple integration of the PROFINET IO functionalities based on the ERTEC.