Product category:
Networking Hardware
News Release from: Alpha Micro Components | Subject: Lantronix XPort
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 April 2003
Embedded network server shrinks to RJ-45
package
Significantly reducing the lengthy task of integrating networking capabilities, Lantronix's highly acclaimed XPort is now available in the UK from Alpha Micro Components.
Significantly reducing the lengthy task of integrating networking capabilities, Lantronix's highly acclaimed XPort is now available in the UK from Alpha Micro Components The XPort embedded device server - a serial to Ethernet solution enclosed within a ruggedised RJ-45 package - enables OEMs to quickly and easily go to market with networking capabilities built into their products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Module offers speedy route to Ethernet connction
Alpha Micro Components reckons the Lantronix Xport-485 can cut the design process for device manufacturers by up to 80% and is able to offer Ethernet connectivity in record time.
Design engineers wanting to enhance products by adding networking capabilities will be delighted with the introduction of the XPort, measuring just 34 x 16 x 13mm.
Including a 10Base-T/100Base-TX autosensing Ethernet connection, a reliable operating system, an embedded web server, flexible firmware, a full TCP/IP protocol stack, email alerts and optional 128bit standards-based (AES) encryption, the XPort eliminates the complexity of creating a LAN device.
Everything designers need to add network connectivity is incorporated into the XPort's compact design to enable them to "drop" the XPort into a circuit, where previously a serial port would have been fitted.
Graham Arnott, Product Specialist, Alpha Micro Components, explained, "The introduction of Lantronix's XPort will enable manufacturers to enhance their profitability by reducing the engineering risk and costs associated with adding networking capabilities to their products.
We are delighted to include the XPort as part of our range of serial conversion products, which allow Design Engineers to adapt existing platforms to various interfaces, including Ethernet, USB and GPRS." Based on Lantronix's DSTni chipset and extensive TCP/IP stack, the XPort provides Ethernet to serial conversion.
With the autosensing Ethernet connection and a 230Kbit/s serial UART back connection, this fixed function module enables existing designs to migrate to Ethernet with ease.
Lantronix is the first device-networking provider to offer the Rijndael encryption algorithm as an option in any of its device service products.
Rijndael is a candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and a federally mandated encryption method for any product purchased by a government agency.
For more effective remote monitoring and management of networked devices, the XPort also enables real-time email notification of a prescribed event or alarm on a device, demonstrating the powerful feature set that was incorporated into the device.
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