Product category: Networking Hardware
News Release from: Digi International | Subject: Digi Connect ME
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 7 May 2003
Compact device server
for easy embedded networking
The Digi Connect ME is claimed to be the most powerful and customisable embedded networking solution available, as well as one of the smallest
Based on the 32bit NetSilicon NS7520 microprocessor, customers no longer have to make functionality compromises to get the benefit of a low-cost, compact solution. The plug and play capabilities of the Digi Connect ME make it easy to enhance the productivity of a device by adding networking technology in a cost effective manner, while simultaneously giving a customer access to the full complement of application creation and customisation options available with the NetSilicon NS7520 microprocessor, and NET+Works development tools.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Revolutionary component mounting and connectivity options allow the ME to be mounted on a chassis or product enclosure.
Customers can now add embedded network connectivity to products in less than 30 days, without requiring a time consuming and expensive printed circuit board modification.
The Digi Connect ME is the latest addition to the Digi Connect family of products, which combines Digi's award winning out-of-the-box device server technology with the powerful network application processor and tools available from NetSilicon.
Digi Connect is a future-safe product line that fully protects a company's design investment.
Customers can design a solution once, and then re-use the software as they migrate from external Ethernet connectivity solutions to fully integrated Ethernet processors, while delivering performance levels that meet the needs of today and extend well into the future.
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"The Digi Connect ME is the first single component product to combine 32bit performance and flexibility with the size and price previously afforded to commodity level 8 and 16bit solutions", said Joel Young, Vice President of Device Server Products at Digi International.
"It provides the perfect vehicle for migrating applications to advanced network connectivity while simultaneously preserving existing investment".
Out of the box, the Digi Connect ME has unique and industry-leading features.
Not only does it include complete support for the common set of networking protocols and services, it also includes breakthrough capabilities like optional power pass-through via the network interface, enabling a device to be powered over the Ethernet cable.
It also includes device management and control capabilities like five general purpose input/output (GPIO) pins, a customisable web interface with application-specific Java applet support, SMTP email alerts and full configuration and management via SNMP.
Finally, it is the first to support a truly interoperable, standards based security framework using SSL/TLS and up to 256bit AES encryption.
The product also delivers industry leading low latency, high throughput and customisable web pages.
"This product is a perfect example of our ability to provide solutions which make device networking easy while also giving our customers the power to customise the product to meet their individual needs now and in the future", said Joe Dunsmore, CEO and President of Digi International.
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