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Innovasic Semiconductor and Micrel Partner to Provide Innovative New Industrial Ethernet Reference Platform

7th July 2010

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Innovasic Semiconductor and Micrel announced their collaboration on a new reference platform for Industrial Ethernet connectivity. The new RapID Industrial Ethernet Platform uses the Innovasic fido1100® communications controller in conjunction with the new Micrel KSZ8873 Ethernet switch. The intent is to provide industrial equipment OEMs with a connectivity solution that can be configured in star, line or ring topologies. The solution includes all necessary schematics and software, including full-featured, royalty-free stacks for TCP/IP, EtherNet/IP and Profinet. The types of factory automation applications supported by Innovasic’s Industrial Ethernet solution include distributed I/O, PLC, PAC, gateways, proxies, field devices and networked sensors and actuators.

“This collaboration allows our customers to enjoy the lowest cost and fastest time to market when designing real-time Industrial Ethernet connectivity into their products,” said Keith Prettyjohns, CEO of Innovasic Semiconductor. “The unique real-time architecture of the fido1100 chip, in conjunction with the power efficiency and small footprint of the KSZ8873, delivers a full performance solution that can be rapidly designed into new products,” he concluded.

We are very pleased that this partnership offers customers a complete and easy to use solution for switched Industrial Ethernet connectivity,” said Wiren Perera, Micrel’s director of Ethernet Products. “It is a natural extension for Micrel’s high reliability, extended temperature and low emissions networking portfolio for the industrial and automotive segments.”