Texas Instruments BOOSTXL-IOLINKM-8 Eight Port IO-Link BoosterPack™

Texas Instruments BOOSTXL-IOLINKM-8 Eight Port IO-Link BoosterPack™ was designed to operate with the LP-AM243 TI LaunchPad™ kit with Sitara™ AM243x MCU. Together this design implements an eight-port IO-Link Master with fast and deterministic timing and independent cycle and bit rate configuration. This design can be used to build a remote IO gateway to connect to OPC UA, Profinet, EtherCAT, or Ethernet IP. The Programmable Real-Time Unit (PRU) for Sitara™ Processors-based frame handler provides a flexible way of controlling timing and synchronization. The Texas Instruments BOOSTXL-IOLINKM-8 BoosterPack contains all the analog circuitry needed to create an eight-port IO-Link Master when combined with the LP-AM243 LaunchPad comprising the processor and frame handler.

Features

  • Eight IO-Link ports with additional digital inputs
  • Supports IO-Link transmission rates COM1, COM2, and COM3 and 400µs cycle time
  • Can provide 500mA of current per port with overcurrent protection and limiting on all ports
  • PRU frame handler enables flexible timing

Applications

  • Stand-alone remote IO
  • Communication module

Board Layout

Mechanical Drawing - Texas Instruments BOOSTXL-IOLINKM-8 Eight Port IO-Link BoosterPack™
Published: 2023-06-07 | Updated: 2023-06-26