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Revolution Pi Product Brochure
Revolution Pi Product Brochure
Revolution Pi Product Brochure
B
on Pi can be developed into an
ased on the In addition to revealing the industrially viable small control
Raspberry Pi circuit diagrams, KUNBUS is system. Raspberry Pi Compute Module
Compute Module, rigorously pursuing the Open
KUNBUS has deve- Source concept within the soft- One aim of KUNBUS is to pro- Raspberry Pi has had an impressive career ever since its
loped an industrial ware. The established Raspbian vide a tool with Revolution Pi launch early 2012. Up until September 2016, the small and
PC composed of open hard- operating system from enabling companies to offer inexpensive single-board computer was sold more than 10
ware and software meeting the Raspberry Pi, including the new sales opportunities, such million times.
EN61131-2 standard. Thanks drivers for the expansion mo- as for example Cloud Services.
Behind the development of Raspberry Pi was the idea of pro-
ducing an inexpensive and simply constructed PC that could in-
troduce children and kids to the world of programming. Even
though a great majority of Raspberry Pis in circulation today
are used as a media centre at home, Raspberry Pi is also found
increasingly in test environments and laboratories in the indus-
No secrets - The circuit diagrams of the base module RevPi Core are disclosed.
A
RT patch of the kernel 4.1 (4.1.13-rt15+ #3 PREEMPT
function even in the case of A s with the Raspberr y Pi nector.
RT armv6l)
very important ele- massive disruptions on the po- model B+, USB and Ethernet
ment of our RevPi wer supply line, provided that sockets are connected to the T h e R e v P i Co r e i n c l u d e s › RTC with 24h buffering by means of a maintenance-
Core is its power the functional earthing is con- primary USB connection of the Raspbian as an operating sys- free capacitor
s u p p l y u n i t . To nected. Lightening strikes or Broadcom processor via a Hub/ tem by default (a Debian vari- › Driver / API: Driver writes process data cyclically in a
ensure that heat adjacent welding units were si- Gateway-module L AN9514 ant) in the Wheezy version with process image, access to process image via Linux file
losses are kept to a minimum, mulated in a certified test labo- from Microchip. Thus, we have RT patch of the kernel 4.1.13. system as API to third-party software.
we have used the most advan- ratory and could not affect the ensured extensive compatibili- Further information on soft- › Communication connections: 2 x USB 2.0 A (each
ced and highly efficient DC-DC RevPi Core. ty with the Raspberry Pi model ware, drivers etc. can be found can be charged with 500 mA), 1 x micro USB, HDMI,
converters (overall efficiency B+ here, too. on page 4. Ethernet (RJ45) 10/100 Mbit/s
> 80%), which generate the At the front are two USB-
› Power supply: min. 10.7 V, max. 28.8 V, maximum 10
necessary operating voltages A s o c ke t s f o r co n n e c t i n g USB and Ethernet connec- Watt*
from the standard 24 V in in- USB 2.0 client devices. Both tions have a suppressor circuit.
dustrial switching cabinets. sockets supply the full Irradiations or ESDs (static › Permissible ambient temperature: -40 to +55 °C**
500 mA current on the 5 V discharges) cannot harm the › Housing dimensions: (HxWxL) 96 mm x 22.5 mm x
However, the RevPi Core not connections. As a result, USB RevPi Core. 110.5 mm (without connected connector)
only runs within the standar- hard disks or surf sticks can › ESD protection: 4 kV / 8 kV according to EN61131-2
dised voltage range from 20.4 also be easily connected wit- The Broadcom processor of and IEC 61000-6-2
V to 28.8 V, but at just 10.7 V hout an external, active hub. the Compute Module provi-
› Surge / burst tests: according to EN61131-2 and
supply voltage as well**. Thus, The micro-USB socket in the des high-resolution graphic
IEC 61000-6-2 connected to power supply voltage,
car batteries or solar power middle is used to connect a functions. For this reason, the
Ethernet and IO lines
systems can also be used as a USB host system (normally a RevPi Core is fitted with a mic-
voltage source. At 24 V supply, PC) and switches the RevPi ro-HDMI socket at the top that › EMI tests: according to EN61131-2 and IEC 61000-6-2
the RevPi Core can withstand Core to the passive memory can be used to connect a moni-
a voltage drop of 10 ms wit- card mode. In this way, a PC can tor with sound output. Thus, a
hout disruptions (at full load access an installed eMMC flash fully equipped PC is available
* 2 x 500 mA USB output current are only available with output voltages >11 V. The bridging time of voltage drops lasting at least 10 ms required by En 61131-2 is only guaranteed for supply with 20.4 to 28.8 V. This time reduces significantly for 12 V supply,
especially when accessing power from the USB sockets.
** Up to 65° C ambient temperature could easily be achieved during tests at 24 V power supply voltage, low USB load and unrestricted heat emission from the housing. A cold start of the cooled system is only ensured up to -30° C ambient temperature and 24V
power supply voltage.
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modules, amongst other voltage). In the standard versi- on of the task priorities in the put assumes a stable state for
things, can be connected on, the inputs are also galvani- scheduler of the operating sys- at least 25 µs, 750 µs or 3 ms. ike all Revolution Pi expansion modules, the gateways
to the base module RevPi cally isolated from the outputs. tem are correct. The filter can also be switched are also connected to the base module RevPi Core
Core. All three versions are protec- off completely. Inputs are pro- via the overhead Pi Bridge connector. Thus, up to two
ted against disturbances ac- The inputs work at 24 V sup- tected against static dischar- gateway modules can be used per system. These, like
T
cording to EN61131-2 and can ply with switching thresholds, ges, burst and surge impulses all modules, are supplied with 24 volts that is the norm
he I/O modules come be operated between -40 and as required by the EN61131-2 in accordance with EN61131-2 within the industry.
in three versions. All +50°C ambient temperature standard for type 1 and type 3. requirements.
have the same 28- and up to 80% relative humidi- The input current is limited to We have currently set the cycle time between the RevPi Core
pin I/O connector at ty. The standard version of the a maximum of 2.4 mA per in- Each of the outputs can be and a gateway to 5 ms by means of drivers. Though the gate-
the front (connector module is also fitted with PWM put. At 12 V power supply, this configured separately as a way modules could reach cycle times of less than 2 ms, it would
with two rows of 14 pins each outputs (pulse width modulati- standard no longer takes ef- high-side-switch with up to 500 burden the system load of the RevPi Core disproportionately.
– two suitable 14-pin socket on) and counter inputs. fect. If the power supply volta- mA current carrying capacity For, the lower the cycle times set in the driver, the greater the
connectors with spring clamp ge should discontinue and fall or as push-pull-output with at system load is of the RevPi Core that has to be expended for
contacts for the connection of For the cyclical transmission below 9 V, an alarm is sent au- least 100 mA current load ca- this process.
up to 1.5 mm² stranded hook- time of the data between RevPi tomatically to RevPi Core to in- pacity. All outputs are short-cir-
up wires are supplied). Apart Core and I/O modules we obtai- dicate that the transmitted in- cuit proof independent of the We currently offer gateways for the network proto-
from the standard version with ned the following test results put values no longer match the operating mode. A watch-dog cols shown below. All module variants have been tes-
14 digital inputs and 14 digi- depending on the system con- reliable threshold values as laid circuit ensures that the outputs ted a n d c ertified at the respective user organisations:
tal outputs, there are also two figuration: In the case of one down in the standard accor- are set to 0 (safe state), once
special versions that exclusively I/O module and two gateway ding to 24 V switching logic. An the STM processor no longer
have either 16 digital inputs or modules, a cycle time of 5 ms adjustable low-pass filter can transmits any data from the
16 digital outputs. In all three is guaranteed. In the case of be used for debouncing input PiBridge to the outputs. The
variants, the inputs or outputs three I/O modules and two signals. It can always only be outputs are set to 0 also in the
event of undervoltage at the
power supply connection for
the outputs or in the case of
Advertisement overtemperature. These last
two error states as well as the
triggering of the short circuit
fuse per channel are trans-
mitted to RevPi Core via the
PiBridge.
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PiCtory can also be used to
configure connected hard- IWIAT is a modular software package that allows you
ware modules or installed to transfer pre-processed sensor data cyclically from
drivers. the control system to higher-level systems (ERP, da-
R
tabases, Cloud systems, mobile phones, etc.) without
evolution Pi is a high requiring in-depth know-how and with only a small
grade, modular and budget. Once installed on the RevPi Core, you thus have a data
expandable system. gateway that is simple to set up. What is ingenious about the
For example, you can solution is the modular app structure. Three such interchange-
write your own dri- able apps produce a complete system: sensor app, processing
vers to integrate your special app and transfer app. For the process image from RevPi Core,
hardware seamlessly into the Mit PiCtory lässt sich das Revolution Pi System unkompliziert konfigurieren. there is a sensor app which extracts specific data from the
system. The central process image by way of configuration and transfers it to the proces-
image in the memory is the link PiCtory is a browser applica- prevented. Apart from the ex- a “virtual device” – driver soft- sing app. You can choose from many available functions in the
between all components. The tion. The server is preinstalled pansion modules we provide, ware for example – for which App Store. Interfaces with the most common formats (inclu-
components, no matter whe- by us on the RevPi Core. Alter- you can also add your own mo- the memory location is reser- ding among others CSV, JSON, EXCEL and SAP-PM) are availa-
ther they are hardware modu- natively, you can also use a PC dules to the configuration tool. ved in the process image and ble for transferring data. Output apps handle the retrieval of
les or software applications, program (Windows) which ins- for which process values can be graphics with browser screens or the sending of emails when
always exchange their data talls a small web server. PiCtory also supports you defined with symbolic names. incidents occur. Using Cloud apps, data can also be transferred
with this process image. How- when defining, for example, to diverse clouds (e.g. Thingspeak, IFTTT).
ever to do so, drivers as well You can arrange the system all I/O signals. You can assign The finished configuration
as software applications must you require by drag & drop. symbolic names and define file is stored as a JSON file and
know exactly where (at which Predefined rules help you to which adapter supplies and transferred to RevPi Core.
address in the memory) the in- position the modules correct- retrieves the data. An adapter
dividual process values can be ly. Unfeasible combinations can be a hardware module on
found. are detected automatically and the PiBridge but it can also be
LineMetrics
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Item Description Item No. Price (plus VAT) ith LineMetrics on RevPi Core, you can create,
for example, up to 25 addresses in the pro-
RevPi Core Base module incl. Raspberry Pi Compute Module 100102 168.00 € cess image (also with symbolic names) which
can be moved cyclically to the LineMetrics
RevPi DIO Digital I/O module (14 digital inputs and outputs) 100197 149.00 €
Cloud. In the Revolution Pi webshop you can
book access to the evaluation services on this Cloud for a small
monthly fee. The evaluation options also naturally include an
RevPi DI Digital input module (16 digital inputs) 100195 119.00 € extensive alarm system. If values in your system vary from the
usual pattern, you can then, for example, have alarms sent im-
mediately to your smartphone. Do you for example want to
RevPi DO Digital output module (16 digital outputs) 100196 129.00 €
verify uninterrupted cool chains? With LineMetrics and Revolu-
tion Pi, it is child’s play. Even remote control from the Cloud
Prices for gateway modules starting from 125.00 € is possible. Completely new horizons are opening up to the
Prices for solutions available upon request applications as well as possibilities for new added values. With
Revolution Pi, IoT is a reality and not just an idea.