cifX PC cards are the easiest way to integrate your systems into an industrial network.
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cifX PC cards enable industrial communication for PC-based automation solution with all components from one supplier. Get in touch with us and learn more!

PC Cards by Hilscher

Industrial Communication for PC-based automation by Hilscher – market leading since 1990.

Your advantages with our cifX PC cards:

  • Universal PC cards for controller and device applications.
  • One solution for all industrial protocols (fieldbus, industrial Ethernet & embedded IIoT) and all relevant formats.
  • Huge offering of device drivers for smooth integration in every IPC platform.
  • Fast commissioning with all components from one supplier.
  • Seamless integration of all cards with same API, same driver & same tools.
  • With secure communication interfaces for your PC based devices.
  • Based on Hilscher's own multiprotocol-capable netX communination controllers.

Get in touch with us and learn more about cifX PC cards

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cifX PC cards for all common protocols and form factors

Available protocols:

  • CANopen
  • CC-Link
  • DeviceNet
  • PROFIBUS
  • CC-Link IE Field
  • CC-Link IE Field Basic
  • EtherCAT
  • EtherNet/IP
  • POWERLINK
  • Modbus
  • PROFINET
  • Sercos
  • Varan
  • OPC UA
  • MQTT

Available form factors:

  • M.2
  • PCI Express
  • Low Profile PCI Express
  • Mini PCI Express halfsize
  • Mini PCI Express
  • PCI
  • Compact PCI
     
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You want to know which cifX PC cards fit your use case best? Get in touch with us!

The industrial automation industry can be a headache: A vast variety of different protocol standards, proprietary tooling and drivers for every standard, complex and difficult long term maintenance – the result is an overwhelming jungle of different approaches for different applications.

Hilscher does it differently. Our cifX PC cards are based on our multiprotocol-capable netX communication controllers. This is the reason, why Hilscher is your one-stop-shop for everything surrounding industrial communication.

Fill out the form and get in touch with our experts. Learn how to cover a variety of use cases with one technology and reduce costs, complexity as well as trouble in your development!

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Les cartes PC cifX constituent le moyen le plus simple et le plus rapide d'intégrer des appareils PC à un environnement automatisé. Grâce à nos contrôleurs de communication netX, vous avez accès à tous les protocoles, quel que soit le format et l'application.

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Les solutions de communication sont souvent constituées de composants de différents fabricants, ce qui entraîne une hausse de la complexité, une baisse des performances et d'importants efforts de configuration en raison de la présence de différents outils. C'est tout l'avantage de notre stratégie de plateforme : tout est disponible auprès d'un seul et unique fournisseur ! En savoir plus.

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