Kontron at the SPS 2025
New Industrial PC for Smart Automation
Kontron has introduced the 'AL Pi-Tron CM5', a compact, Linux-based industrial PC. The system is designed for top-hat rail mounting and offers robust hardware, a wide range of interfaces and permanent data storage using FRAM technology.
The Ismaning-based technology group Kontron presents the 'AL Pi-Tron CM5', a new industrial PC for automation and control tasks. The device is based on the BL Pi-Tron CM5 single board computer with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 and is aimed at applications that require high computing power and reliable communication.
The stainless steel housing is designed for 35 mm DIN rail mounting and facilitates integration into existing systems. The equipment includes Ethernet, USB, RS232, RS485 and CAN FD interfaces; WLAN and Bluetooth are optionally available.
A key feature is the integrated FRAM memory, which retains data even without a power supply. FRAM enables write times of less than 100 nanoseconds and up to 10¹⁴ read/write cycles, which offers virtually unlimited service life. In combination with CODESYS control applications, process data can be safely stored in the event of a power failure and restored after a restart.
Optionally available multifunction I/O modules expand the AL Pi-Tron CM5 with digital and analog inputs and outputs, temperature channels as well as fast counters and PWM channels. Thanks to its compact design, the computer takes up very little space in the control cabinet.
With the AL Pi-Tron CM5, Kontron provides a future-proof platform for Industry 4.0 applications that combines high performance with flexible expandability.
| Kontron at the SPS 2025: Hall 7 Booth 193 |
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