This allows machine builders and system designers to eliminate the need for subsystems within complex machines and consolidate functionality into a single controller. They can simplify system complexity, decrease costs, and reduce overall size by integrating various types of I/O, including vision and motion, control, and processing, into a single high-performance controller, such as the newly marketed IC-3173.

To address the evolving needs of today's industrial IoT applications, designers require products that integrate computing, connectivity, and control. The IC-3173 industrial controller addresses these requirements with key features, including:
 
• Powerful processing: The dual-core Intel i7-5650U processor, combined with a user-programmable Xilinx Kintex-7 160T FPGA, enables advanced signal and image processing, customizable digital I/O, and high-speed closed-loop control.
• Extensive connectivity: Five Gigabit Ethernet ports, four of which support Power over Ethernet (PoE), and two full-bandwidth USB 3.0 ports allow for simultaneous connection and image processing from multiple USB3 Vision and GigE Vision cameras.
• Seamless integration: Support for EtherCAT Master, Ethernet/IP, RS232/RS485, Modbus serial and Modbus/TCP to communicate with other devices such as PLCs and operator interfaces.
• Software: Full support for LabVIEW system design software to customize control algorithms, process images, and run advanced analyses.

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