Molex Products
Network Interface Cards (NIC)
Network Interface Cards (NIC) connect your PC to industrial networks. They allow your PC to be used for the commissioning, troubleshooting and diagnostics of field bus networks.
Brad® Network Interface Cards connect various types of computers including PCI Express, PCI, ISA, PC/104, PCMCIA, Compact PCI, and VME, directly to industrial networks including Allen-Bradley DH+/RIO, CANopen, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Ethernet, Modicon MB/MB+/RIO, Profibus, Reliance AutoMax DCS/RIO, Serial, and WorldFIP. Applications include PC Control, I/O emulation, OI/HMI/SCADA, PLC programming, and network configuration, diagnostics and troubleshooting.
| CC-Link | Open Architecture network originally developed by Mitsubishi |
| WorldFIP | Fieldbus technology |
| Serial | Serial data communications |
| Profibus | Process Field Bus |
| Modbus Plus | Specialty protocol, extended version on Modbus |
| Ethernet Communications | Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP & ProfiNet |
| DeviceNet | Rockwell Automation communication Protocol |
| Data Highway Plus | Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus |
| CANopen | Communication Protocol for Embedded systems |
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