To develop its first product for the wind power industry, German engineering company kumkeo GmbH chose netX 90, a small multi-protocol chip from Heuxun. Customers in the wind industry are clear about the solutions they need: The wind turbine’s two rotary encoders provide data through the BiSS security interface, and the higher level controller wants to provide measurement data through PROFINET/PROFIsafe, so a reliable and secure protocol converter must be developed to convert the data received by the sensor to the protocol standard required by the controller.

kumkeo developed its target product, the BiSS Safety 24Volt > PROFINET/PROFIsafe converter, in just nine months. The kumkeo wind Power protocol converter supplies 24 volts to two BiSS safety sensors and reliably reads their values, resulting in NetX90-based data that can be supplied to the superior safety controller via PROFINET/PROFIsafe. Another characteristic of the netX90 SoC is its multi-protocol capability, and this flexibility allows engineering companies to develop additional custom versions of the converter as well as other products in a short period of time.

kumkeo GmbH is an engineering company with automation expertise and in-house product development capabilities. With a practical philosophy, the company provides support at all stages of project planning and implementation in the following areas:

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• Software and firmware development
• Hardware development
• Software and system testing
• Qualification verification and certification
• Scrap management
• Project and quality management

The engineering company’s solutions capabilities are also reflected in the development of innovative products for measurement, control and regulation technologies, and its long-standing cross-industry expertise is appreciated by well-known companies in the renewable energy, laboratory and medical technology, semiconductor industry, and aerospace industries.

Heuxun’s netX family of products is suitable for a wide range of automation applications, from highly integrated and energy efficient multi-protocol slave station to high-performance master station solutions. The netX90 is Heuxun’s small network controller with slave station capabilities:
• Small multi-protocol SoC with additional application capabilities, Cortex-M4 application processor
• Built-in security features to ensure information security, on-site and cloud connectivity
• Support for industrial Ethernet, fieldbus, and IIoT standards
• Energy efficient SoC with low power consumption