New CPUs, I/O module and couplers.

The launch of new Motion Controllers CPUs, Input/Output modules, and Couplers for Delta's AX-5 Series has been announced. Designed for machine builders, system integrators, and distributors across sectors such as packaging, assembly, woodworking, and metalworking, these enhancements deliver greater flexibility, performance, and scalability—empowering customers to stay competitive in the fast-evolving IIoT era.

“The direction of Industrial Automation is being shaped by the rise of AI, IIoT and the growing convergence between the industrial and IT world”, said Alessio Villa, Product Manager EMEA Delta. “With our new AX-5 Series Motion Controllers CPU’s, we’re responding directly to market demand for connected, high-performance, and flexible solutions. This release reflects Delta’s ongoing commitment to anticipating market shifts and helping our customers prepare for the future.”

Delta’s Advanced IIoT Motion Controller CPUs of the AX-5 Series are ideal for production line equipment and can simultaneously control servo drives, AC motors, remote I/O modules, and other motion devices. It supports PLCopen motion control instructions and includes Delta’s exclusive motion commands for seamless servo and AC motor integration. A compact, 12 mm ultra-thin I/O modules design minimizes cabinet space, while an independent I/O power supply simplifies wiring for stable operation and easy expansion. The controller also includes IIoT features such as MQTT, FTP and OPC UA—helping customers cut down on hardware and development time.

New Motion Controller CPUs.
The enhanced Motion Controllers set a new benchmark in automation control, offering high-speed performance and built-in hardware interfaces—including dual Ethernet ports, USB, and an SD card slot. With native support for multiple industrial protocols (EtherCAT, CANopen, CAN, PROFINET Controller/Device, Ethernet/IP Scanner/Adapter, and Modbus TCP/RTU), no additional modules or licenses are required—ensuring seamless integration, reduced costs and greater operational efficiency.

New Input/Output Modules.
The new I/O modules significantly expand the AX-5 Series' application range. Ideal for complex environments, they include a high-speed counter, positioning module, and load cell module for precision control and measurement. Maintaining the 12 mm slim design, they offer removable connectors and built-in diagnostics for easy wiring, setup, and maintenance.

New PROFINET Couplers.
With PROFINET now used in 27% of device nodes in industrial automation, the new coupler enhances the interoperability of the AX-5 Series—enabling fast and seamless integration with third-party controllers and full compatibility with AX-5 I/O modules.

The new CPUs, I/O modules, and PROFINET couplers for Delta’s AX-5 Series will be available across EMEA starting September 2025.

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CPU system.

The PIP49R-DSO1, a conductive cooled Xeon E-2276 9th generation CPU system from MPL, is designed as dual-solution to fit on a 19” rack. The solution is conductive cooled, requires no fan, and can be operated in an environment of -40°C up to +85°C.

The PIP housings offer sufficient space for 2.5” SSD or other expansions (UPS, RAID..). Two mPCIe and two m.2 slots allow to expand the system very easy. The internal expansion bus allows to integrate PCIe/104 or PCIe cards. These expansion possibilities give a maximum on customization for additional interfaces and features. Particular precautions during the design have been taken that the entire system EMC is within the CE and FCC limits and standards like EN50155, IEC60945 or MIL-STD-810 can be met.

Key features.  Up to 64GB DDR4 memory Fanless operation, also from -40°C to +85°C Rugged design Long term availability Extremely flexible AMT / vPro support

The PIP Family has been designed to withstand any harsh environments and extreme temperature conditions. The special rugged design, combined with the best industrial-grade components, offer high reliability and long-term performance.

All MPL products are designed for long-term availability and the PIP40 Family will be available for at least 10 years. MPL's own component stock guarantees repairs for up to 20 years. Extended temperature ranges can be fulfilled and are tested in MPL's own climatic chambers according customer's request.

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High-speed low power industrial computing!

The BOXER-6646-ADP is the latest addition to the Review Display Systems (RDS) range of fanless embedded Box PC products from embedded computing solutions supplier, AAEON.

Key features 

- 12th Generation Intel Core i7, i5, i3 Processor SoC
- Dual-Channel DDR5 SODIMM slot
- Support for Multi-LAN including 2.5GbE Ethernet
- Support for M.2 2280 M Key High speed NVMe SSD
- SuperSpeed Plus USB 3.2 Gen2
- Wide DC voltage input range 10 to 35V
- Wide operating temperature -20°C to +60°C
- Compact size 220mm (l) x 154mm (w) x 61.6mm (h)
- Onboard TPM 2.0

Featuring a compact form factor the AAEON’s BOXER-6646 is an exceptionally versatile, all-purpose computing solution. Powered by 12th Generation Intel Core processors with dual-channel DDR5 support and equipped with industry-leading features such as a DIO port, multiple 2.5GbE LAN, and four display ports, the BOXER-6646 is capable of support heavy processing workloads and provides a versatile industrial computing solution.

The power efficient BOXER-6646 benefits from a hybrid CPU architecture of up to 12 cores and 16 threads, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, and DDR5 support. With a 28W CPU alongside Intel Gaussian and Neural Accelerator technology, the BOXER-6646 is able to handle high-speed industrial computing while ensuring low power consumption.

The BOXER-6646 features a compact mechanical form factor equipped with multiple 2.5GbE LAN ports, three 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 slots, and a quadruple display interface featuring both HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4. With a wealth of high-speed connectivity, the BOXER-6646 has potential as a durable autonomous mobile robot (AMR) solution.

Providing an enhanced expansion capability, the BOXER-6646 chassis contains a removable 2.5” SATA drive bay for additional storage on top of the 64GB system memory offered through the device’s DDR5 support. A bottom-side service window is available for expansion key access, enabling easy integration of 5G, Wi-Fi, and NVMe modules via the BOXER-6646’s M.2 3052, M.2 2230, and M.2 2280 ports.

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Real-time qualified industrial PCs.

Today, more and more industrial customers are using PC (Personal Computer) technology for high end sophisticated real-time control applications. These computers have high CPU processing capabilities in relation to their costs when compared to software and hardware development for dedicated platforms.

Typical applications where such PCs are used are:

• CNC and Motion Control
• Robotics and PLC applications
• Medical applications like surgical robots or computer tomographs
• Real-time data acquisition

Regular PCs are designed for standard office use while such industrial applications need hardware which is more suitable to their respective environment: Industrial PCs (IPCs)!

These Industrial PCs fulfill various requirements like mechanical robustness, power consumption, connectivity, storage.

However, some control systems require hard real-time latency predictability while the processors of the x86 architecture today have sophisticated power saving mechanisms which may have serious impact on the requested determinism. These CPUs also have a special protection and correction mode known as system management mode (SMM). This mode is not traceable by the operating system and is a source of unpredictability in the system. Also other features that may be controlled in the BIOS may have an influence on the IPC's real-time behavior like Hyper Threading or GPU settings.

Thus, one of the IPC selection criteria will be the real-time capabilities of the respective solution. Especially in the case applications have the need to run the Microsoft Windows operating system in conjunction with a real-time extension or real-time hypervisor software solution, this becomes an important and sometimes challenging selection criteria.

For that purpose, acontis has developed a standard scheme to determine and compare the real-time capabilities of Industrial PCs. 

An excerpt of different IPCs from various vendors have been pre-validated for real-time use.

Appropriate BIOS settings as well as real-time results are published here on their website.

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MQTT upgrade fir CPUs.

IDEC Corporation has released a free firmware upgrade enabling new and existing MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC CPUs to support the industry-standard MQTT* protocol. The upgrade can be downloaded to the FC6A CPU, so it is easy for users to connect all types of field data to on-site and cloud-based brokers, and make the information readily available for users and analytical applications. Users can also send commands to the FC6A using MQTT.

Users everywhere know that industrial internet of things (IIoT) data acquired from their manufacturing sites—whether from machine automation, building utilities, smart devices, or any other source—is essential for supporting many other activities. Live and historized data drives visualization, alarming/notifications, control commands, predictive maintenance, deep analytics, and more so sites can operate at maximum efficiency.

Traditional industrial poll/response communications protocols used with PLCs and HMIs are robust and useful, but they can be demanding for users to configure and maintain, they may inefficiently use limited bandwidth, and they often do not provide sufficient cybersecurity.

MQTT has emerged as the preferred IIoT communications protocol because it uses a lightweight and efficient publish/subscribe methodology for secure messaging between devices and centralized brokers, making information easily available for all authorized applications. A large number of clients can publish data to the broker, subscribe to any broker data, or bi-directionally do both. The MQTT brokers can be located on-site and/or in the cloud.

The FC6A with MQTT capability is ideal for new automation system designs, or for adding IIoT connectivity to existing systems. MQTT is supported on Ethernet port 1, so the FC6A can use existing wired, Wi-Fi, or mobile data wireless networking to connect with on-site or cloud-based brokers. A typical application would publish machine data from many machines to the cloud, where it would be historized and could be transmitted to subscribing mobile applications.

No additional hardware is needed. Users can take advantage of the traditional PLC control logic and I/O functionality, or they can use the FC6A as an IIoT data concentrator for many other PLCs and intelligent devices. The FC6A with MQTT supports Amazon Web Services AWS IoT Core today, with future support planned for Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

* MQTT - Message Queue Telemetry Transport

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Performance boost for CNC hardware in the high-end segment!

In introducing version 4.7 of the Sinumerik Operate software, Siemens is presenting new, more powerful CPUs, and 15 and 19 inch "Blackline" panels in widescreen format for the Sinumerik 840D sl CNC. The new 7x0.3B PN processors are Profinet-compatible NCUs (Numerical Control Units). The new processor technology, for example the NCU 730.3B PN, is up to 15 percent more powerful than the previously used components. The result is shorter program runtimes, faster simulation, and fast operation in all situations. The new technology, exemplified by the 720.3B PN and 730.3B PN NCUs, also consumes up to 50 percent less power which, in turn, causes the processors to generate less heat.

Background The new NCUs and panels expand the Siemens range of CNC systems and products. By using the new hardware components, companies can increase both the performance and the ease of operation of their machines.

The basic configurations of the 7x0.3B PN-CPUs for the Sinumerik 840D sl already have 10 MB of buffered user memory as standard for part programs, and a 2 GB working memory (DRAM). The part program memory can be expanded up to 22 MB, depending on the particular processor model. In most cases, automatic adaptation of the drivers enables the new NCUs to be integrated into existing machines and applications without modifying the software. The new, long-term availability of the new NCU processor technology offers a secure future for newly developed machines – both for their subsequent further development and on account of the long-term availability of spare part components.

The new 15 and 19 inch "Blackline" panels are widescreen format touch screens. They are mainly characterized by good legibility, simple operation and a long service life. The technical basis of the display is a capacitive sensor system that supports touch operation even when gloves are worn. The panels are designed for degree of protection IP66 and are especially rugged. For example, the 15 inch panel is approved for vibration accelerations up to 2 g. Both the new devices have an integrated thin client unit (TCU) and are connected to the Sinumerik via Ethernet.