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netRAPID Chip Carrier | Getting Started
DOC131104GS04EN | Revision 4 | English | 2017-09 | Released | Public
© Hilscher 2014 - 2017
2.2 netRAPID Evaluation Boards
netRAPID chip carriers can easily be tested (or “evaluated”) by using a
netRAPID Evaluation Board (
NRPEB
). Each Evaluation Board is equipped
with a soldered-on netRAPID and all the hardware parts needed for serving
as a fully operative communication interface. After downloading the
appropriate firmware and a configuration file, the netRAPID Evaluation
Board is ready-to-use for testing network communication with the netX
controller and for programming and debugging a host application for the
netRAPID.
The Evaluation Board can also serve as a model for designing your own
baseboard for integrating the netRAPID chip carrier into your OEM host
device. Technical details of the netRAPID Evaluation Boards are provided
in the Design Guide
netRAPID Chip Carrier
.
2.2.1
NRPEB 10-CCS and NRPEB 10-DPS Evaluation Boards
The following figure shows the
NRPEB 10-DPS
board for PROFIBUS and
the
NRPEB 10-CCS
board for CC-Link.
Note that both evaluation boards are identical in design, except for their
fieldbus interface connector (position
) and the
S0
rotary switch for
setting the baud rate (position ), which is implemented only on the
NRPEB 10-CCS (CC-Link) board. (The name of the basic PCB comprising
both the NRPEB 10-DPS board and the NRPEB 10-CCS board is
NRPEB-
FB
)
Figure 3: NRPEB-FB (NRPEB 10-CCS and NRPEB 10-DPS) printed circuit board