Design-In - Electrical Aspects
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COMX Communication Modules | Design Guide
DOC100901DG18EN | Revision 18 | English | 2013-12 | Released | Public
© Hilscher, 2002-2013
3 Design-In - Electrical Aspects
3.1 Host Interface
Attention!
All COMX modules have an operation voltage of 3.3 V which reduces the power con-
sumption. Therefore the voltage levels of the signals have to be not higher than 3.3 V
otherwise the module will be damaged.
The next sections show an overview of the signal pinning of the system connector.
3.1.1
Host Interface Overview: Dual-Port Memory Sizes and Modes
The following table lists the dual-port memory size and the supported dual-port memory modes for
the different COMX Modules.
Module
Fieldbus / Protocol
Dual-port Memory
Size
Parallel
Mode
Serial
Mode
COMX 10
COMX 10CA-COS
CANopen Slave
8 KByte
yes
yes
COMX 10CN-COS
CANopen Slave
yes
yes
COMX 10CA-CCS
CC-Link Slave
yes
yes
COMX 10CN-CCS
CC-Link Slave
yes
yes
COMX 10CA-DPS
PROFIBUS DP Slave
yes
yes
COMX 10CN-DPS
PROFIBUS DP Slave
yes
yes
COMX 10CA-DNS
DeviceNet Slave
yes
yes
COMX 10CN-DNS
DeviceNet Slave
yes
yes
COMX 50
COMX 50CA-CCS
CC-Link Slave
16 KByte
yes
-
COMX 50CA-REFO
PROFINET IO Device
yes
-
COMX 100
COMX 100CA-CO
CANopen Master or Slave
16 KByte
yes
-
COMX 100CN-CO
CANopen Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 100CA-DN
DeviceNet Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 100CN-DN
DeviceNet Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 100CA-DP
PROFIBUS DP Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 100CN-DP
PROFIBUS DP Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 100CA-RE
Realtime Ethernet Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 100CN-RE
Realtime Ethernet Master or Slave
yes
-
COMX 51
COMX 51CA-RE
Realtime Ethernet Slave
16 KByte
yes
yes
Table 18: Dual-port Memory Size and supported Modes of the comX Modules
In general, the COMX module supports 14 address lines and thus a dual-port memory size of
16 KB.
In case of the COMX 10 modules even only the lowest 8 KB of the available address space are
supported by the firmware. So not all address lines need to be used. Unused address lines may be
equipped with a pull-down resistor of 560
Ω
.