Factory automation & control

Our engineers are here to support and address all robotic application types and sub-system challenges that robotics developers face, from industrial and mobile robots to cobots and more. Our innovative technologies such as precise motor control, processing at the edge, smart sensing, and advanced real-time communications are helping you innovate your robot design.

Choose the best power and size configuration for your robot design with our complete offering of motor control solutions:

• Enable precise, time-sensitive real-time communications between host and client by using MCU-integrated real-time industrial protocols such as ProfiNet and EtherCAT.
• Improve robot motor control system’s response time with our scalable, ultra-low latency, real-time microcontrollers designed for efficiency.
• Design your drive stage to deliver a broad range of power levels with the best efficiency and power density using our gate drivers portfolio.
• Increase robustness, efficiency, and control accuracy with our voltage, current, and position sensor solutions.

Increased automation is taking Ethernet to the edge. Industrial SPE enables connected edge nodes and distributed processing. Use single-pair Ethernet in your industrial design to move data over TCP/IP anywhere you need it.

• Faster & farther: Enable better system implementation with cable lengths up to 2km, and faster data delivery protocols using our PHYs and processors. 
• Minimize implementation cost: Reduce time and cost of upgrade by re-using more existing cabling infrastructure with our low noise receiver architecture.
• Maximize system uptime: Enable remote and predictive maintenance using our proprietary runtime cable diagnostics toolkit. Stay ahead of cable degradation and decrease your system’s downtime.

IO-Link is a digital communication protocol used in industrial automation for communication data between sensors, actuators, and controllers. It enables reliable and efficient communication in various industrial applications including assembly lines, robotics and packaging. IO-Link communication in industrial automation provides numerous of advantages.

These include:

• Real-time data and power transmission with transfer speed of up to 230.4 kpbs.
• Simplified installation and configuration, reducing cost.
• Enhanced diagnostic  such as device status, configuration and errors.
• Wide range of devices, from sensors, actuators, remote IO and controllers.

Many modern systems now come with communication interfaces to enhance the overall connectivity of a system design but can also result in new challenges for design engineers. We support a wide range of industrial communication standards – from serial interfaces (IO-Link, CAN, RS-485) to industrial Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbit and multi-protocol industrial Ethernet like EtherCAT, PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, and others) and new technologies such as time-sensitive networks (TSN) and single-pair Ethernet (SPE). This support enables design engineers to have advanced connectivity and scalability to meet the needs of current industry trends.

Factory floors require equipment with monitoring and diagnostic capabilities to reduce the probability of dangerous faults that can result in harm of humans, environment or assets. 

We are helping achieve functional safety certification by building customer trust with expertly engineered products to meet industry standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 13849, IEC 61800 and IEC 60730.