Digi IX40 5G Edge Computing Industrial IoT Cellular Gateway is designed for Industry 4.0 use cases

Digi IX40 is a 5G edge computing industrial IoT cellular router solution designed for Industry 4.0 use cases such as advanced robotics, predictive maintenance, asset monitoring, industrial automation, and smart manufacturing.

The IIoT gateway is based on an NXP i.MX 8M Plus Arm processor running a custom Linux distribution and supports 5G and 4G LTE cellular connectivity, as well as Gigabit Ethernet networking with six RJ45 and SFP ports, RS232/RS422/RS485 serial interface supporting GNSS for information and time, and digital and analog I/O, and Modbus.

Digi IX40 specifications:

• SoC – NXP i.MX 8M Plus Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.6 GHz, 2.3 TOPS NPU
• System memory – 1GB RAM
• Storage – 8GB eMMC Flash
• wireless
  • mobile phone
    • IX40-05
      • 5G NSA, 5G SA, 4G LTE-ADVANCED PRO CAT 19
      • 5G NR bands – n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n13, n14, n18, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79;
      • 4G LTE-Advanced Pro Band – B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B14 FirstNet, B17, B20, B25, B26, B28, B29, B30, B32, B38, B40, B41, B42, B43, B46, B48, B66, B71;
      • 3G Band – B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B8, B19
    • IX40-04:
      • 4G LTE-ADVANCED PRO CAT 12, 3G HSPA+
      • 4G LTE-Advanced Pro Band – B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B29, B30, B38, B39, B40 , B41, B42, B43, B48, B66, B71.
      • 3G bands – B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B8, B9, B19
    • Antennas – 2x or 4x 50 Ω SMA antenna connectors
    • 2x Nano-SIM (4FF) holder (with cover plate)
    • Resilient cellular connectivity with Digi SureLink, VRRP+, and dual SIM
  • GNSS
    • GPS Gen 9 with band L1 LNA for passive antenna
    • Upper L band: GPS L1; Glonass G1; Beidou B1; Galileo E1
    • antenna
      • IX40-04 – Only supports passive GNSS antennas rated from 1.5 to 3 dBi
      • IX40-05 – Supports passive GNSS antennas rated from 1.5 to 3 dBi or active antennas with gains from 7.5 to 26 dB
      • 50Ω SMA antenna connector
    • Protocol – NMEA 4.11 and TAIP
• wired network
  • 4 Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 ports configurable as WAN or LAN
  • 2x Gigabit capable SFP sockets
• Serial – RS-232/422/485 DB-9 male connector (Modbus support)
• I/O – 2x digital input/output. 2x analog inputs (0 – 10 V, 4 – 20 mA, 12-bit resolution)
• Security – FIPS 140-2 validation for encryption of sensitive data
• Miscellaneous – Power, WWAN, Ethernet (link, activity) LED indicators
• Power – 12 to 30 VDC via screw terminal block
• Power consumption – 4.5 watts (light traffic), 8 watts (peak data), 3.5 watts (idle traffic)
• Dimensions – 234 x 154 x 41 mm (rugged enclosure with DIN rail and shelf mounting options)
• Weight – 1.14kg
• Temperature range – operating: -30°C to 70°C. Storage: -40°C to 85°C
• Relative humidity – 0% to 95% at 25°C (non-condensing)
• IP rating – IP30
• approval
  • Mobile Phones – PTCRB, AT&T, FirstNet Capable, T-Mobile, Verizon (more may be added in the future)
  • Safety – IEC 62368-1, CB Scheme
  • Emissions – FCC Part 15 Subpart B, ISED, CE, RED, UKCA

Although quite different from the previous, more compact Digi IX30 cellular industrial router, the Digi IX40 runs the same Digi Accelerated Linux operating system (DAL OS) and includes unlicensed enterprise software for VPN, firewall, logging, and authentication. We are prepared.

The gateway can be managed locally via the WebUI or client (SSH, serial) or remotely using the company’s cloud-based Digi Remote Manager (also known as Digi RM), SNMP v1/v2c/v3, or SMS. You can also manage it. Digi International also lists several management tools, including a protocol analyzer with his PCAP for SFTP, SCP, and Wireshark, and an event log with Syslog, which typically ships with most Linux distributions. Masu.

Use cases include industrial automation and control, predictive maintenance, 5G cellular and fiber failover, real-time monitoring and control for utilities, distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and oilfield drilling, etc. Surveillance, digital signage and traffic management for smart cities.

The Digi IX40-05 gateway with 5G cellular connectivity is available now, and the Digi IX40-04 with 4G LTE only is indicated to be available soon. As you might expect, prices for this type of hardware are not disclosed. Please see the product page and press release for more information.

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Jean-Luc started CNX Software as a part-time job in 2010, then quit his job as a software engineering manager and began writing daily news and reviews full-time in late 2011.