Introduction
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COM-C | Communication Module
DOC021001DG12EN | Revision 12 | English | 2011-06 | Released | Public
© Hilscher, 2002-2011
1 Introduction
1.1
About this Document
All OEM piggyback Modules of Hilscher GmbH are called COM (
Co
mmunication
M
odules). These
Modules provide a universal and easy to use fieldbus interface for integration on various host sys-
tems. Through the set of standard application interfaces and the same board dimensions in each
COM family it is easy to switch between the different fieldbus systems, e.g. PROFIBUS DP, Inter-
Bus, CANopen, DeviceNet or Ethernet by changing the Module.
This manual describes only the hardware part of the Modules. The general application interface is
common to all our COM Modules and CIF PC cards described in our Toolkit-Manual and the field-
bus related details are defined in our Protocol Interface Manuals.