Press Release

The CX5010 is equipped with a 1.1 GHz Intel® Atom™ processor, while the CX5020 features a 1.6 GHz processor. The new CX series is positioned in the mid-range of the scalable Embedded PC family, which currently includes five CPU classes. In terms of performance, the CX5000 series is positioned between the well-established CX1010 and CX1020.

With dimensions of just 85 mm x 100 mm x 91 mm (W x H x D) including the power supply unit and I/O interface, the CX5000 is exceptionally compact. It is DIN rail-mountable and fanless with a direct I/O connection to Beckhoff Bus Terminals or EtherCAT Terminals. In contrast to the other CX device families, the CX5000 series has a fixed number of system interfaces. EtherCAT Terminals offer a wide range of expansion options, including integration of fieldbus masters or slaves such as those for PROFIBUS, PROFINET, DeviceNet, CANopen, etc.

Two independent Gigabit Ethernet ports and four USB 2.0 interfaces are available on the CX5000. A Beckhoff Control Panel or a standard DVI monitor can be connected to the DVI-D interface. An interchangeable Compact Flash card is used as the boot and storage medium. The operating system can be Windows CE or Windows XP Embedded. TwinCAT automation software from Beckhoff transforms a CX5000 system into powerful PLC and Motion Control system that can be used with or without visualisation.