with new features and extended hardware support

IXXAT’s IEEE 1588 protocol stack enables the fast and easy development of IEEE 1588 conform devices. Due to the broad functional range, continuous development and the wide distribution, IXXAT’s IEEE 1588 protocol software can be considered as the leading 1588 reference implementation.

The new release 1.04 now also supports the Intel PCI network card “Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4″ under Linux, enabling the high accurate system time synchronization on standard PCs using IEEE 1588.

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With the iPC-I 165 the last ISA interface card of the IXXAT CAN interface card program is discontinued. The card will be replaced by the newer PCI and PCI Express cards. At this, the common driver API of the VCI driver enables to switch to the newer boards, in most cases without adaptation of the customer application.

Last orders can be made until 06/30/2012.

A new version 4.2.0 of the EtherNet/IP software is now available for the following software packages:

• EtherNet/IP Adapter Communication Driver (EIPA)
• EtherNet/IP Adapter Developer Kit (EADK)
• EtherNet/IP Scanner Communication Driver (EIPS)
• EtherNet/IP Scanner Developers Kit (ESDK)

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IXXAT and SoC-e offer a complete IEEE 1588 solution for Xilinx FPGAs.

IXXAT Automation and System on Chip engineering (SoC-e) Bilbao in Spain started a cooperation on IEEE 1588 in the beginning of 2011. By combining SoC-e’s IP core for Xilinx FPGAs and IXXAT’s field-proven PTP protocol software, a new powerful IEEE 1588 solution was created. SoC-e’s customers can now benefit from IXXAT’s PTP software, which is designed for highly accurate synchronization applications. The protocol software is field-proven in a wide range of applications while being comprehensively supported and maintained by IXXAT.

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IXXAT has opened a sales office in northern Italy in early November to expand its activities in the embedded system solutions, data communication and safety areas. The new office is managed by Stefano Bolzoni.

Since 1998 IXXAT is active on the Italian market, represented by its Italian distributor Tecnologix. With the new sales office IXXAT reacts to the increasing demand for services and products from Italy and forms a base for future expansion on the Italian market in cooperation with its longstanding distributor Tecnologix.

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Dear Customers

Please note, IXXAT will be closed for Christmas and New Year’s holidays from December 24th until January 2th. Last delivery will be on December 21, 2011.

In 2012 we are back for you on January 3th.

Since 1998, IXXAT has been active in the area of industrial and automotive data communications in the French market, supported by its distributor I.S.I.T.

With its new subsidiary IXXAT S.A.R.L. in Paris, IXXAT is now reacting con-sistently to the growing demand for products and services in the French-speaking region. As of October 1, IXXAT S.A.R.L. will start operations, with a focus on the automotive, CAN hardware, OEM hardware, and embedded system solutions areas, and particularly on on-site assistance of our key accounts, as well as providing support to our local distributor I.S.I.T.

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[White Paper]

CAN (Controller Area Network) and RS485 are popular standards in fieldbus systems. As RS485 only addresses layer 1 (the physical layer) and CAN also adds layer 2 (the data link layer) in the OSI model, it is difficult to compare the two standards. Nevertheless, this paper will compare the two standards in an attempt to assist users in deciding whether or not to employ CAN in their systems…

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IXXAT’s Industrial Ethernet Module (IEM), which enables the fast and inexpensive connection of devices to PROFINET networks, has now been certified by the PNO in accordance with the conformance class B.

At the successful certification according to the IEC 61158 standard all requirements for the conformance class B were met. The certificate approves both, the conformity to the PROFINET standard and the trouble-free interoperability with other certified devices.

With the new FR-IB100/PCIe FlexRay card and the multibusAnalyser IXXAT enables customers to set-up a low-cost analysis platform for FlexRay devices and systems.

The multibusAnalyser for Windows 2000/XP/ Windows7 allows to send FlexRay messages for stimulation or configuration of bus nodes very easily by using pre-defined transmission lists. Received messages can be displayed in scroll or overwrite mode, whereas changed message content is highlighted in color. Physical signals contained within the FlexRay messages are interpreted by using a Fibex data description file and displayed in plain text or as graphics. For offline analysis, the communication can also be recorded on the hard disk.

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