Introduction
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netX 50 to netX 51/52 | Migration Guide
DOC120109MG05EN | Revision 5 | English | 2013-08 | Released | Public
2012-2013
1 Introduction
1.1
Migration from netX 50 to netX 51/52
This manual describes the differences between the netX 50 and netX 51/52 with the aim to support
and lead you during the migration from netX 50 to netX 51/52.
Figure 1: Functionality and Price of netX 6/50/51/52
Within the netX network controller family the netX 50 support all Real-Time-Ethernet systems. After
a few years in the market it was necessary to upgrade the communication functionality to support
PROFINET in the version 2.3. Together with some other enhancement we are offering the pin
compatible controller netX 51. This can be placed on already existing netX 50 PCBs without
modifications. It also supports IO-Link version 1.1 and includes much more RAM and an additional
32-Bit Risc Controller, CAN controller and a MAC.
The same functionality is available as netX 52 without an external memory bus in a smaller
package for a lower price.
The netX 6 with the same housing as the netX 52 is designed as network access controller. This
means it needs additional a host CPU to run the protocol stack. It includes only the 32-Bit Risc
controller and less memory to realize only the Real-Time-Switch functionality.
2x I2C
8x IO-Link
USB
SPI / QSPI
DPM
MAC
64kB
ROM
xPIC RISC CPU
100 MHz
xC ALUs
Channel 1
3x UART
CAN
Host-Interface
SPM
Periph
erals
672 KB
SRAM
Real-Time-Ethernet / Fieldbus
MAC
PIO
Memory
Controller
ARM 966
100 MHz
CP
U
s
xC ALUs
Channel 2
PHY
PHY
Me
mory
*
netX 51 / 52
* netX 52:
None external Memory Bus
EXT
MEM
Data
Switch
