IO-Link device with high-voltage functions commonly found in industrial sensors

Aimed at applications such as industrial sensors, safety systems and IO-Link sensors / actuators, Maxim's MAX14827 IO-Link device transceiver sis now stocked by Mouser. The device integrates the high-voltage functions commonly found in industrial sensors, including drivers and regulators. The MAX14827 features two ultra low-power drivers with active reverse-polarity protection. Operation is specified for normal 24V supply voltages up to 60V. Transient protection is simplified due to high voltage tolerance allowing the use of micro TVS. The device features a flexible control interface. Pin-control logic inputs allow for operation with switching sensors that do not use a microcontroller. For sensors that use a microcontroller, an SPI interface is available with extensive diagnostics. For IO-Link operation, a three-wire UART interface is provided, allowing interfacing to the microcontroller UART. Finally, a multiplexed UART/SPI option allows using one serial microcontroller interface for shared SPI and UART interfaces. Mouser also stocks the Maxim MAX14827EVKIT Evaluation Kit which consists of a MAX14827 on a fully-assembled and tested evaluation circuit board. The evaluation kit is used to evaluate the MAX14827. The MAX14827 is an IO-Link device transceiver. The evaluation kit is designed to operate as a stand-alone board or with a mbed board for easy software evaluation. All the power supply and regulator input and output pins are connected to convenient connectors for easy probing. The logic input and output pins are also provided with convenient connectors for logic testing.