A modular CODESYS PLC based on Raspberry Pi with an EtherCAT I/O system

With the Raspberry Pi-based B-Nimis MC-Pi series, Berghof brings high-performance CODESYS quad-core controllers to the market as the perfect solution for the implementation of your IOT, motion and automation projects.

With cycle times reaching down to 500 μs, the real-time quad-core CODESYS B-Nimis MC-Pi controller offers the perfect balance between computing power and costs.

We have worked hard to ensure that the MC-Pi product family is perfectly integrated in the Berghof I/O portfolio via a standard EtherCAT fieldbus as well as plug & play expandability to guarantee that you can choose from a large variety of extension modules.

 Other features at a glance:

• Up to 2GB RAM / 8GB Flash / 200kB Retain
• Compatible with Berghof’s entire standard portfolio
• Integrated EtherCAT communication system
• Industrial temperature ranges
• CODESYS standard
• Optimized real-time behavior
• WLAN & Bluetooth optional
• Cycle times down to 500 μs
• Outstanding visualization performance
• Compute Module 4
• Available with all common fieldbuses

Frameless, exclusive and impressively sharp

Something very special: B-Primis DC-Prime, the high-end capacitive display controllers from Berghof.

This more powerful addition to the DC-Pro series excels with a premium multi-touch display with an 85° viewing angle in all directions and particularly crisp color reproduction.

The 2mm thick, chemically hardened glass can also be used under difficult conditions, e.g. with gloves and even in the presence of water and dirt.

Also available as a dual-core device with up to 1 GB RAM, 2 GB Flash, 100 kB retain.

Other features at a glance:

• Available in 7", 10” and 15"
• Application update via USB
• Permitted for use in residential areas
• Application protection via tamper-proof hardware identification
• Optional downgrading of the PLC cycle time down to 500μs
• Three-wire measurement to compensate for line resistance
• OpenVPN
• Universally usable VNC + HTML5 web browser
• Configurable inputs for counters and encoders
• Control buttons for resetting / stopping / starting the PLC application
• Integrated switchable termination resistors for the interfaces
• Two-stage external HW watchdog
• PT100/PT1000-compatible analog inputs
• Separate power supply for the digital outputs in groups
• Serial 9-bit multi-drop mode
• Operating hours counter

Compact, powerful and versatile!

The name speaks for itself: The B-Fortis CC-Prime is the top model from Berghof’s all-in-one controller series.

This versatile compact PLC is an absolute powerhouse that offers great performance and plenty of room for interfaces and functions.

Thanks to the use of fully uniform standard components, the same form factor and a consistent interface arrangement, the CC-Prime is not only easy to configure, install and maintain, but also very attractive in terms of price.

Other features at a glance:

• Configurable inputs for counters and encoders
• Two-stage external HW watchdog
• PT100/PT1000-compatible analog inputs
• Application update via USB
• Application protection via tamper-proof hardware identification
• Optional shortening of the PLC cycle time down to 500 μs
• Variety of fonts
• Universally usable VNC + HTML5 web browser
• OpenVPN
• Tool-free installation
• Energy-saving components and software functions
• Integrated interrupt/event inputs
• Ethernet switch included as standard
• Optional compatibility of the digital outputs with currents up to 1A
• Suitable for multi-master operation
• Serial 9-bit multi-drop mode
• Operating hours counter
• Buzzer and optional sound chip for mp3 playback
• Analog I/O with up to 24-bit resolution

Integrated and CODESYS-programmable safety solution from Berghof

In this day and age, modern safety concepts are a must. Together with programmable safety technology, they offer a competitive advantage for machine and system manufacturers.

The comprehensive process overview ensures better error localization and diagnostics in the event of an error. This minimizes system downtimes.

State-of-the-art

A high degree of automation increasingly requires the flexible integration of individual safety functions, which makes a programmable safety controller truly state-of-the-art when it comes to future-oriented, competitive machines and systems. The innovative and integrated safety solution from Berghof includes a freely programmable CODESYS safety PLC and a safety I/O module according to the requirements of safety standards such as IEC 61508 SIL 3 and DIN EN ISO 13849-1 PLe.

Safety PLC - integrated, powerful and fully certified: B-Nimis SC-1000

• Certified PLCopen function blocks in the basic and extended levels
• Certified hardware
• Cross-communication between the PLC and the safety PLC
• A modular system that is compatible with all Berghof standard products
• Extensible via modules and freely allocatable within the system controller
• Straightforward connection of any FSoE slaves (e.g., safety I/O, drive controllers)
• Integration of the safety software in standard CODESYS
• Exchangeability of diagnostics, status and signal-switching information between all levels.
• Safety functionality, e.g., change tracking, safe signal flows, safe versioning, safe mode separation
• Online monitoring of safe and unsafe data
• SIL3 according to IEC 61508
• PLe according to DIN EN ISO 13849

Powerful, extensible, and integrated: B-Nimis SC-I/O Safety Module

• Safety I/O with 4 digital In, 2 digital Out
• Allows the connection of all common safety devices
• Signals are sent to the safety PLC via the internal EtherCAT bus system
• Cross-communication between the PLC and the safety PLC
• Safe switching of actuators such as contactors, signal lights or drives via the module outputs
• Comprehensive process overview
• Safety standards according to IEC 61508 SIL 3 and DIN EN ISO 13849-1 PL e
• Fail Safe over EtherCAT® (FSoE)
• Modular extensibility