cifX PC cards are the easiest way to integrate your systems into an industrial network.
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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 master and slave 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
  • Based on Hilscher's own multiprotocol-capable netX communination controllers

Learn more about cifX products

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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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Hilscher PC cards at work

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An Indian technology company, specializing in the design, development and manufacture of tailor-made automation solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, connects optical inspections systems for medicinal vials using Hilscher's cifX 50E-RE PC card for PROFINET. Read more!

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müller+krahmer GmbH realizes pneumatic test benches with the capability to change protocols on the fly with the help of Hilscher cifX PC cards.

Close-up view of a VITRONIC machine vision component attached to a robotic arm in an industrial setting.

cifX PC-Cards integrate Automated Weld Seam Inspection Systems to numerous Real-Time Ethernet and Fieldbus networks at German machine vision specialist VITRONIC.

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Communication solutions often consist of components from different manufacturers. This results in high complexity, lower performance and tedious configurations with different tools. Our platform strategy offers everything from a single source - to your advantage! Read more.

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