PROFINET Software Development Kits

Molex Ethernet Protocol development kits are the most open, powerful andcost-effective solutions for customers who want to embed PROFINET protocol into industrialcontrollers and field devices.

Promoted by PROFIBUS-PROFINET International, PROFINET is an Ethernet-basednetworking solution for industrial automation. PROFINET protocol capitalizes on theadvantages that industrial Ethernet brings to the automation environment and has abroader reach than PROFIBUS to enable better networking plant-wide.

Brad protocol software development kits, (also known as stacks) enable customers toquickly embed PROFINET protocols for both master and slave devices thereby reducingtheir costs and time-to-market. The stacks enable customers to design PROFINET IOController(master) devices such as PLC couplers, PC-based interface cards, robotcontrollers and industrial PCs. Or by using the IO-Device (slave) stack designing productssuch as I/O modules, robots, field instruments, regulators, operator panels, etc.Brad protocol stacks are completely hardware independent and support 32-bitmicroprocessors (Intel, ARM, Sitara, Antaios, Fido...) running operating systems real-timeor not (Windows, VxWorks, QNX, RTX, Linux, ECOS, ThreadX, SysBios…).

The deliverable development kit package includes: ANSI C source code, user referenceguide and samples of implementation in various operating systems.