NSHIELD 90-RE
Evaluation board

  • One piece of hardware for all industrial Real-Time Ethernet systems

  • netX 90 protocol-stack firmware available as free download for evaluation

  • Supports STM-NUCLEO-64 and STM-NUCLEO-144

  • Quick Start Guide for easy set-up of hardware and software

Description
Technical Data
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NSHIELD 90-RE, the successor of NSHIELD 52-RE, is a netX 90 SoC based evaluation board of the netX family.

Since its host interface connectors are compatible with Arduino Uno, plugging NSHIELD 90-RE into STM32 Nucleo-64 and Nucleo-144 development boards is easy.

NSHIELD 90-RE enables the user to connect a microcontroller-based application to many relevant Real-Time Ethernet industrial networks with first-class real-time capabilities, such as PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, etc. The netX 90 is implemented as a "companion chip" to the STM32.

The netX 90 SoC architecture has been designed to meet the highest requirements on flexibility, determinism, and performance regarding multi-protocol capability and low latency for short cycle times. The heterogeneous multi-core architecture has an ARM processor core that is coupled with a flexible communication subsystem (xC) and supports many industrial applications.

The protocol stack runs independently on the netX 90 SoC and requires only little memory and almost no CPU resources of the host microcontroller.

NSHIELD 90-RE supports the following protocols:
  • CANopen Slave
  • DeviceNet Slave
  • EtherCAT Slave
  • EtherNet/IP Adapter
  • PROFINET IO-Device
  • Sercos Slave
  • CC-Link IE Field Basic Slave

Technical Data

Category

Parameter

Value

Product

Name

NSHIELD 90-RE

Part number

7836.000

Function

Real-Time Ethernet expansion board for development and evaluation purposes for STM32 Nucleo host devices.

Communication controller

Type

netX 90

Integrated memory

RAM

8 MByte SDRAM

Flash

8 MByte Serial Flash Memory

Communication

Real-Time Ethernet protocols

  • CC-Link IE Field Basic Slave

  • EtherCAT Slave

  • EtherNet/IP Adapter

  • Open Modbus/TCP

  • POWERLINK Controlled Node

  • PROFINET IO-Device

  • Sercos Slave

Fieldbus protocols

  • CANopen Slave

  • DeviceNet Slave

  • PROFIBUS DP Slave

Host interface

Type

Serial dual-port memory interface via SPI

Host system

STM32 Nucleo-64 and Nucleo-144 development boards

Connectors

ARDUINO® Uno V3 compatible plug pin header strips
(1 x 6-pin, 2 x 8-pin and 1 x 10-pin)

Ethernet interface

Transmission rate

100 MBit/s (10 MBit/s)

Type

100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T

Galvanic isolation

isolated

Isolation voltage

1000 VDC

Connector

2 * Ethernet port (RJ45 socket) with Real-Time Ethernet switch for line and ring topologies

Fieldbus interface

Assembly

NXHX-DP, NXHX-CO, NXHX-DN

Connectors

Connector for NXHX fieldbus adapter modules

Diagnosis interface

Use and characteristics

USB-to-UART firmware download via on-board USB with virtual COM port

USB-to-JTAG debugging

Connector

Mini-B USB

Development

Test access point

Needle adapters JTAG TAP

Display elements

LEDs

SYS: System status (yellow/green)

COM0: Communication status (red/green)

COM1: Communication status (red/green)

ACT0: Ethernet activity status (yellow) at RJ45 channel 0

LINK0: Ethernet link status (green) at RJ45 channel 0

ACT1: Ethernet activity status (yellow) at RJ45 channel 1

LINK1: Ethernet link status (green) at RJ45 channel 1

MMIO0: User definable LED (yellow), not for user purposes

MMIO1: User definable LED (yellow), not for user purposes

MMIO2: User definable LED (yellow), not for user purposes

MMIO3: User definable LED (yellow), not for user purposes

MMIO

MMIO4, MMIO5, MMIO6, MMIO7

MMIO connectivity via host interface connector X6

Power supply

Supply voltage

5 V DC

Current consumption

300 mA at 5 V (typical)

Connector

Mini-B USB or Arduino host interface connector X5

Device

Permitted ambient conditions / Operating temperature range

0 °C … +30 °C (laboratory conditions)

Dimensions (L x W x H)

70.2 mm x 53.4 mm x 23.6 mm

Mounting/installation

Plug-on module. Mounting via Arduino pin headers.

Operating elements

Reset button

Boot mode selection

Power supply selection

Configuration

Configuration

Application using the API, Communication Studio

Order Information

Product name

Part number

Brief description

NSHIELD 90-RE

7836.000

Evaluation board

Downloads

Download Datasheet
Download Software
Download Technical Documentation

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