FT 6000 TM Smart Transceivers for the IzoT Platform The FT 6000 family of Smart application (APP) processor, respectively Transceivers is the next-generation (see Figure 1). At higher system clock system-on-chips for modernizing and rates, a fourth processor called the IRQ consolidating smart control networks. CPU can be used to handle interrupts. It is a key product in Echelons IzoT platform the most comprehensive 5 12 Comm External and open control networking platform / I / O / Port Transformer for the Industrial Internet of Things 2-6 Serial FT 6000 Key Features NVM (IIoT). It offers options for backward / Memory IRQ CPU (SPI) Interface compatibility with LONWORKS while 3.3V operation. 80MHz system clock, adding native IP addressing at the 64KB RAM and 16KB ROM on-chip APP CPU device level and consolidating multiple memories RAM control protocols on the same device (64K x 8) Support for larger external flash carried over the reliable and proven Free NET CPU memories, up to 256KB applications Topology channel. It is designed to bring unprecedented flexibility and openness Supports up to 254 Network Variables ROM while lowering development and (16K x 8) MAC CPU (NVs) and 127 aliases. up to 254 device costs. address table entries (16-fold increase) Clock, Reset, JTAG The FT 6000 Smart Transceiver family and Service Low-cost surface mount FT-X3 integrates a high-performance Neuron Communications Transformer. 5 core with a free topology twisted-pair Supports polarity-insensitive free transceiver. Combined with the proven topology star, daisy chain, bus, loop, FT-X3 Communications Transformer and or mixed topology wiring. Very high Figure 1: FT 6000 inexpensive flash memory, the FT 6000 common-mode noise immunity. Smart Transceiver Chip Smart Transceivers provide a very flexible, low-cost, feature enhanced LONWORKS User-programmable interrupts , or IzoT/IP or BACnet/IP solution all within hardware UART, 12 I/O pins with 35 The FT 6000 Smart Transceiver supports programmable standard I/O models the same device. polarity-insensitive cabling using a star, bus, daisy-chain, loop, or combination The FT6000 series Smart Transceiver Flash file system for data logging and topology (see Figure 2). Thus, installers other applications requiring persistent includes three independent 8-bit logical dont have to follow a strict set of wiring storage processors to manage the physical rules imposed by other networking MAC layer, the network, and the user Unique 48-bit IEEE MAC ID technologies. Instead, they can install application. These are called the Media- wiring in the fastest and most cost- Access Control (MAC) processor, the 7 mm x 7 mm 48-pin QFN package, effective manner, thereby saving time and -40C to +85C. network (NET) processor, and the www.echelon.com Preliminary XIN XOUT RST~ SVC~money. Free topology wiring also simplifies network expansion the IzoT NodeBuilder Software before they can be used with by eliminating restrictions on wire routing, splicing, and device the FT 6000 Smart Transceiver. placement. The FT 6000 extends all the benefits of Free The FT 6000 series Smart Transceiver uses Neuron firmware Topology wiring to IP devices, allowing an efcfi ient multi-drop version 21 or later. Firmware versions prior to version 21 IP capability where multiple IP devices can be very simply are not compatible with the FT 6000 Smart Transceiver. The connected in any topology without the need for switches or Neuron firmware is loaded into RAM from off-chip flash. The FT hubs. 6000 Smart Transceiver firmware can be upgraded over the network. Any IP LonTalk Stack BACnet IP LonTalk IP over FT over FT Stack over FT over FT Applica onLayer 149081L4L6 BACnet/IP 149081 IP L2L3 149081MAC 149081MAC(modied) Figure 2: FT Free Topology Network Congfi urations 149082PHY The FT-X3 Communications Transformer is a surface mount FT 6000 Chip Figure 3: FT 6000 Modes of Operation communications transformer that is compatible with both the FT 6000 Smart Transceiver and the previous-generation FT 5000/FT 3120/FT 3150 Smart Transceivers. The FT-X3 In the LonTalk Stack over FT mode, the FT 6000 runs the Communications Transformer provides equivalent noise complete LonTalk stack and is fully backward compatible with immunity to both the FT-X1 and FT-X2 Communication devices running the LonTalk stack, including devices based Transformers, the previous-generation communication on the Neuron 3120, Neuron 3150 or FT 3120/3150/5000 transformers. However, the FT-X3 Communications Smart Transceiver. Transformer is not pin-compatible with the FT-X2 In the LonTalk IP stack over FT mode, the FT 6000 preserves Communication Transformer (which is also a surface mount the services offered by LonTalk layers 4-7, replacing layers 2-3 transformer). The FT 6000 Smart Transceiver can also be used with UDP/IP. This allows the creation of devices that are fully with the FT-X1 and FT-X2 Communication Transformers. compatible with LonTalk applications while supporting native IP Multi-protocol Operation, Future Proonfi g and addressing at the device level. In this mode, the network layer Backward Compatibility has been enhanced to support translation between LonTalk The FT 6000 supports up to four different modes of operation, addresses and IP addresses in a manner that is transparent to as shown in Figure 3, allowing device makers unprecedented both the LonTalk application above and the FT network below. efl xibility in creating control devices for a wide variety of This allows LonTalk compatible applications to run unmodified applications using one common development effort. Backward over Free Topology wiring while gaining IP addressing at the compatibility and future proonfi g can both be met using a device level. common platform based on the FT 6000 family. In the BACnet/IP over FT mode, LonTalk layers 4-6 services The FT 6000 series Smart Transceiver is fully compliant with are used to create BACnet/IP devices borrowing from a the TP/FT-10 channel and can communicate with devices that rich set of LONMARK services and prolfi es. LONMARK use Echelons FTT-10/FTT-10A Transceivers, FT 3120/FT 3150 compatible applications can now run unmodified over a very Smart Transceivers, or LPT-10/LPT-11 Link Power Transceivers. reliable Free Topology channel, and present their LONMARK interfaces as native BACnet Objects thus pushing BACnet/ The Neuron core in the FT 6000 series Smart Transceiver uses IP all the way down to the simplest of devices. Provisioning the same instruction set and architecture as the previous- and commissioning of BACnet/IP devices is now possible generation Neuron core, including instructions for hardware with available and powerful LONWORKS commissioning tools. multiplication and division. The Series 6000 Neuron core is Devices thus provisioned are fully compatible and discoverable source code compatible with applications written for the Series using industry standard, BTL certified, BACnet management 5000 and 3100 Neuron core. Applications written for the clients. Series 5000 and 3100 Neuron Core must be recompiled with