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Intelligent Instrumentation Inc.
EDAS CE - Open Architecture PLC
It's no surprise that Ethernet-based factory automation projects are on the rise and that Ethernet has become the networking standard for integrating production, business, and global supply chain data throughout the extended enterprise.
Intelligent Instrumentation offers a complete open architecture approach for your control and automation applications. EDAS CE's open-architecture design makes connecting your control/monitoring solution to back-end systems simpler, easier to maintain, and less expensive. The EDAS CE combines the reliability and packaging of a PLC with the programmability, flexibility, and connectivity of embedded PC control.
The EDAS CE Advantages Include:
- Windows CE 3.0 - high-level programming environment for application development, Visual C++ programmable, and provides true multitasking allowing both control and monitoring functions to run simultaneously on EDAS CE.
- Standalone Datalogger or Network Operation - EDAS CE provides local intelligence and non-volatile storage (up to 500 MB), built-in Ethernet, including a TCP/IP stack, allowing applications running on EDAS CE to communicate with other computers and other EDAS CE systems on your network as part of a plant-wide monitoring and control solution. Other network devices can poll the EDAS CE for data or applications can be downloaded directly on the unit enabling it to provide real-time control in the event of network down time.
- Embedded Web Server - allows communication and real-time display of data through a standard browser interface. EDAS CE is available pre-loaded with WebDevice, a full-featured web server complete with push technology, a built in scripting language and ODBC database capability. WebDevice makes turning the EDAS CE into a custom monitoring or control device as simple as writing HTML and script.
- Flexible Modular I/O - a wide range of digital, analog, input, output, RS-232, and specialty modules connect to virtually all sensor signals including pressure, temperature, flow, voltage, current, relays, and RS-232 devices. Each EDAS CE controller supports up to 12 I/O modules allowing from 8 to 192 I/O points.
Simplify your machine control system design and extend the rangeof automation solutions you can deliver on schedule and within budget.
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