Long-range Industrial Ethernet solutions for last-mile connectivity

Today, Ana­log Devices (Nas­daq: ADI) expand­ed its indus­tri­al Eth­er­net port­fo­lio, offered under the ADI Chro­nous™ name, with solu­tions that can be deployed for Eth­er­net con­nec­tiv­i­ty over long dis­tances from the edge to the cloud, set­ting the stage for real-time con­fig­ura­bil­i­ty, reduced pow­er con­sump­tion and increased resource utilization.

The new ADI Chro­nous solu­tions sup­port the 10BASE-T1L Eth­er­net phys­i­cal lay­er stan­dard, enabling new data streams from edge nodes in remote and haz­ardous loca­tions across process and build­ing facil­i­ties. This pre­vi­ous­ly unavail­able data is now eas­i­ly acces­si­ble over the net­work and can be used to track a wide vari­ety of fac­tors (e.g., plant con­di­tions, raw mate­r­i­al con­sump­tion, and var­i­ous process para­me­ters) to enable green­er production.

“Many process plants and build­ings are plagued with the prob­lem of requir­ing ongo­ing man­u­al inter­ven­tion by ser­vice per­son­nel, with lim­it­ed abil­i­ty to opti­mize assets at the enter­prise lev­el. By pro­vid­ing Indus­tri­al Eth­er­net solu­tions that can span long dis­tances and adhere to the 10BASE-T1L Eth­er­net stan­dard, we enable our cus­tomers to com­mu­ni­cate reli­ably over much greater dis­tances, bridg­ing the last mile in con­nec­tiv­i­ty. By pro­vid­ing seam­less access to edge data and improved con­trol of remote assets, this ful­ly unlocks the ben­e­fits of digitization.”

- Mark Bar­ry, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Automa­tion and Energy

By pro­vid­ing Indus­tri­al Eth­er­net solu­tions that can span long dis­tances and adhere to the 10BASE-T1L Eth­er­net stan­dard, we enable our cus­tomers to com­mu­ni­cate reli­ably over much greater dis­tances, bridg­ing the last mile in con­nec­tiv­i­ty. By pro­vid­ing seam­less access to edge data and improved con­trol of remote assets, this ful­ly unlocks the ben­e­fits of digitization.”

The lat­est solu­tions in the ADI Chro­nous range empow­er cus­tomers to reduce the ener­gy con­sump­tion of their build­ings and their over­all car­bon foot­print through improved con­trol of build­ing para­me­ters. The ADI Chro­nous ADIN1100 and ADIN1110 Indus­tri­al Eth­er­net solu­tions can trans­mit data on a twist­ed-pair Eth­er­net cable over a dis­tance of 1.7 km, which is a sig­nif­i­cant plus over pre­vi­ous Eth­er­net stan­dards and helps reduce space, weight and cost. Not only are these cables lighter and more flex­i­ble than tra­di­tion­al Eth­er­net cables, but they also allow for the reuse of exist­ing cabling infra­struc­tures, reduc­ing com­mis­sion­ing costs as well as complexity.

The new Indus­tri­al Eth­er­net solu­tions are offered in two flex­i­ble options, MAC PHY and PHY. The MAC PHY (ADIN1110) enables the indus­try’s most pow­er-effi­cient sys­tems, mak­ing it easy to retro­fit Eth­er­net con­nec­tiv­i­ty into field sen­sors or actu­a­tors and pro­tect­ing ear­li­er invest­ments in soft­ware and proces­sor tech­nol­o­gy. The PHY (ADIN1100) comes with stan­dard Eth­er­net inter­faces and is suit­able for use in more com­plex designs such as field switch­es or build­ing control.