Advantech Selects Innovasic Semiconductor’s Industrial Ethernet Solution for Programmable Automation Controllers

Innovasic Semiconductor has announced that Advantech has selected the Innovasic fido1100 System on a Chip (SoC) solution to provide EtherNet/IP connectivity in their new APAX-5000 series of programmable automation controllers (PAC).

"Innovasic’s fido1100-based Industrial Ethernet platforms enable Industrial Ethernet communications quickly and cost-effectively,” said Jordon Woods, Innovasic CTO. “By utilizing these platforms, customers are spared the burden of understanding the implementation of these communication protocols allowing them instead to focus on their differentiating applications thus reducing time to market,” he concluded.

"Innovasic’s platform provided the means for us to quickly add EtherNet/IP connectivity to our new product line. The Innovasic development environment is state of the art and their customer support is outstanding,” said Evan Lin, Advantech Industrial Automation Group CTO.