BECKHOFF CX1000 - Manual (Page 9)

Product Overview
Embedded PC 7
System Overview
The System
The CX1000 system covers the whole range of Beckhoff control technology both in terms of price and performance:
The new product range is designed for tasks requiring the characteristics and computing capacity of Industrial PCs,
but whose budget does not stretch to full-blown Industrial PCs.
The system only uses those components that are actually required. For example, a CX1000 can be operated in
„headless“mode, i.e. without display or keyboard; in this case, the associated interface is not required. Whilst the
resulting control system has no visualisation, it does have communications capability via the built-in Ethernet and RS
232 interfaces.
If local visualisation is required, this can be implemented via a DVI (digital video interface), to which all Beckhoff
Control Panels and all commercially available monitors with DVI-input can be connected. The touch screen signal is
read via one of the two available USB interfaces.
The components
The modules of the CX1000 series system are connected with each other via the standardised PC104 bus (16 bit).
The individual system components are modules that can be arranged in series. The basic unit consists of a CPU
module(CX1000-0000) and a power supply module(CX1100-000x). Further system interfaces for serial
communication(2x RS 232, and RS422, RS485) as well as audio signals are available separately.
CPU base module
The CPU module is available in several variants. These relate to:
– Internal memory configuration: there are two options – either 16 MB Flash/32 MB RAM or 64 MB Flash / 128 MB
RAM. The latter is required if the system is to be equipped with Windows XP Embedded.
– System interface configuration: as an option, a DVI and two USB Interfaces can be added to the combination of
Ethernet and RS 232 that is always present.
– Operating system: There is a choice between Microsoft Windows CE.NET and Microsoft Windows XP Embedded.
– Pre-installed TwinCAT software: CX1000 can be preinstalled without a TwinCAT system, with TwinCAT CE PLC or
with TwinCAT CE NC PTP, or with the associated full version of the individual TwinCAT levels for PLC and Motion
Control.