Rabbit Releases Networking Modules

Rabbit, a Digi International (News - Alert) brand, reportedly has released the MiniCore series of compact, low-profile, low-cost networking modules.

 

Featuring a 32 GPIO and a Rabbit 5000 microprocessor, MiniCore is smaller than a sugar packet, says Rabbit.

 

Often, maintaining the wireless connectivity on mother board can be a real challenge even for the experienced professionals. This is because microprocessors generally are not flexible to be placed according to the customer’s desire. Now, with its 32 GPIO and a Rabbit 5000 microprocessor, MiniCore offers users high flexibility to easily place wired or wireless network connectivity anywhere on a mother board.

 

According to Larry Kraft, senior vice president of global sales and marketing at Digi International, the MiniCore series is ideal for basic control and connectivity.

 

“It is small, low cost and optimized for high-volume applications such as energy management, building automation, industrial, point of sale and instrumentation applications,” Kraft said.

 

System developers often look for products which can be easily interchanged to suit their connectivity requirements. On an ultra-compact mini PCI Express form factor, the MiniCore family provides lots of embedded feature set. The family includes the pin compatible and interchangeable wired RCM5700 – pictured right – and Wi-Fi RCM5600W.

 

The RCM5700 Development Kit includes the RCM5700 module, interface board with standoffs and connectors, prototyping board with standoffs and connectors, USB cable, and Dynamic C CD-ROM with complete development documentation

 

The RCM5700 provides features such as a 50 MHz Rabbit 5000 microprocessor, on-chip 10/100 Ethernet, 1MB serial flash, 36 digital I/O ports and five serial ports. Other features include a 78 MHz Rabbit 5000 microprocessor, Wi-Fi, 1MB serial flash, 36 digital I/O ports and five serial ports. All these features support MiniCore’s small footprint as they provide a very high level of integration.

 

In April this year, as TMCnet reported, the company announced an updated version of the Secure Embedded Web Application Kit. The Rabbit 4000 based-kit combines new security sample programs and software tools. The Secure Embedded Web Application Kit helps the engineers to get up-to-speed quickly and developing code for secure web pages and data exchanges.