Semiconductor & Electronics

STMicro Introduces IO-Link Kit for Factory Automation

STMicroelectronics has announced the P-NUCLEO-IOD5A1 IO-Link development kit, which simplifies the construction of actuators and sensors. The development kit includes all the necessary hardware and software, and also includes an actuator board with an integrated intelligent power switch. The P-NUCLEO-IOD5A1 includes actuator hardware, allowing any type of device node to take advantage of the powerful bidirectional point-to-point connectivity of IO-Link, a protocol widely used in factory automation that allows for advanced communication with sensors and actuators, including not only basic input/output data but also device configuration and diagnostic reports. The P-NUCLEO-IOD5A1 box consists of an STM32 Nucleo microcontroller main development board, a transceiver board, and an actuator board. Both the transceiver and actuator boards are stackable and plug into the headers on the main board. This modular kit allows you…