Belden: BEETLE Single Pair Ethernet Lite Managed Switch
March 5, 2024
The Lumberg Automation BEETLE Lite Managed Switch supports the transition to future-ready networks built using Single Pair Ethernet (SPE), supporting seamless sensor-to-cloud connectivity.
- Transmit Ethernet up at least 1 kilometer.
- Meets the 10BASE-T1L standard for longdistance Ethernet.
- Save space.
- Supports Ethernet transmission via a single wire pair that is lighter and more compact than traditional Ethernet cables.
- Reduce network complexity.
- Integrate sensors and actuators directly into the network without the need for an additional gateway.
- Simplify configuration and maintenance.
- Streamline installation and maintenance and reduce operating costs with fewer gateways and protocols in use.
- Gain essential lite managed switch features.
- Provides an optimized price-performance ratio and lower long-term total cost of ownership.
As industrial environments grow in complexity, enterprises have opportunities to connect more field devices and gather more data. However, they need to consider space and weight constraints and simplify network infrastructure where possible. SPE supports this goal by allowing connectivity via a single pair of wires rather than the two or four pairs required by standard Ethernet. In addition, devices that previously communicated over fieldbus protocols can now join Ethernet-based networks without the need for additional gateways and protocols, reducing network complexity and maintenance.
With the BEETLE SPE Lite Managed Switch from Lumberg Automation, industrial organizations can increase the scale of their operations and collect more useful, real-time data from connected field devices while achieving greater range, better device coverage, less network complexity, and long-term savings.
Applications
The BEETLE SPE Lite Managed Switch allows industrial organizations to deploy space-saving SPE cables inside walls, floors and robots. Instead of relying on traditional Ethernet cables that pose installation challenges and cause bottlenecks in complex automation environments, organizations can accelerate digitization and transmit more data from sensors, actuators and I/O modules at the field level with SPE technology. With more data available for both edge and cloud computing, organizations can make more informed, rapid decisions to enhance operational performance, safety and security.
Markets
With its space-saving and long-distance Ethernet transmission benefits, the BEETLE SPE Lite Managed Switch meets the needs of many complex industrial environments, including the automotive manufacturing, material handling, discrete manufacturing, and logistics and intralogistics sectors. The BEETLE Switch allows organizations to benefit from deploying SPE and PoDL to achieve maximum system availability
and reliability, unparalleled flexibility, future scalability and optimizing performance.
