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Go-IO Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)

Ultra-Portable IO On-the-Go

Industry convergence brings together industrial IoT, adaptive manufacturing, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to enable the smart factory, also known as Industry 4.0. Together these four elements provide increased productivity and the agility needed to adapt the manufacturing line for multiple products without the need to stop production or schedule a technician to reconfigure equipment.

More and more companies are embracing the strategy of moving intelligence to the edge of the factory floor. The Go-IO PLC reference design provides multiple software-defined I/Os in an ultra-compact (less than 1 cubic inch) industrial IoT solution. This allows an unparalleled level of integration to address the needs of industrial automation, building automation, and industrial robotics applications. Go-IO continues our strong commitment to empowering design innovation by enabling design engineers to rapidly create and prototype new industrial control systems before they are sourced and built.

MAXREFDES212 Go-IO PLC Reference Design Buy

Go-IO Sensors Meet Go-IO Featured Products

Go-IO Sensors

IO-Link and Binary Sensors

MAXREFDES27	IO-Link Optical Proximity Sensor	Buy
MAXREFDES37	IO-Link Quad Servo Driver	Buy
MAXREFDES42	IO-Link RTD Temp Sensor	Buy
MAXREFDES163	Industrial Magnetic Sensor	Buy

End-Application Modules

MAXREFDES201

Motion Control Module

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Meet Go-IO

The Go-IO reference design (MAXREFDES212) is a next-generation industrial IO solution that increases productivity, furthers adaptive manufacturing, and provides machine-level health and status information for making critical, real-time decisions.

Compact Design
Ultra-small, compact footprint (< 1 cubic inch: 1.7in.W x 1.56in.D x 0.25in.H) allows Go-IO to be integrated throughout the factory floor
Robust, Safe Technology
Composed of advanced industrial products rated to withstand -40°C to +125°C, which leverage our robust, safe, fast de-mag technology
High Efficiency
Ensures a small energy signature to increase efficiency—no cooling fan is needed
Packs a Powerful Punch
Offers a full suite of 17 IOs to control an entire manufacturing node or piece of equipment, including isolated digital inputs, digital outputs, IO-Link masters, and isolated RS-485 with integrated power
Longer Battery Life
The first compact, portable PLC platform that can operate for a minimum of 8 hours using "AAA" batteries or a minimum of 12 hours from LiFePO4 rechargeable batteries
Programmable
Programmable via the MAX32630 using the low-power Arm^® Micro toolchain with Windows or Mac OS
Intelligence and Decentralized Control
Enables automation equipment to act autonomously based on changing environments—as issues are identified, equipment can reprogram itself to do another task
Productivity and Throughput Increases
Enables higher factory uptime by supporting the ability to quickly isolate problems

Read Next

Design Guide/Handbook:
- IO-Link Handbook
- Digital IO Design Guide
Brochures:
- Go-IO Brochure
- IO-Link Device Transceivers
Blogs:
White Papers:
- Building Out the Industrial IoT Vision
Application Notes:
- App Note 6339, "Digital Output Drivers: Understanding Key Features and Challenges"
- App Note 6307, "Switching Inductive Loads with Safe Demagnetization"
- App Note 6427, "Calculating the Power Dissipation of the MAX14819 Dual-Channel IO-Link Master Transceiver"
- App Note 6635, "FAQ: The MAX22190 Octal Industrial Digital Input Device with Diagnostics"

Featured Products

Octal, High-Speed, High-Side Switch/Push-Pull Driver

MAX14912/MAX14913

Robust 24V driver, capable of 200kHz switching rate

Ultra-Low Power, High-Performance Arm® Cortex®-M4 with FPU Based Microcontroller for Wearables

MAX32630

Optimal peripheral mix provides platform scalability

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Ultra-Low Power Arm^® Cortex^® M4 with FPU Microcontroller for Wearables and IoT, with 2MB Flash and 512KB SRAM, and Advanced Cryptographic Hardware Engines

MAX32630/MAX32631

The MAX32630/MAX32631 feature an Arm^® Cortex^®-M4 with FPU CPU that delivers ultra-low power, high-efficiency signal processing functionality with significantly reduced power consumption and ease of use.

Octal Industrial Digital Input with Diagnostics and Digital Isolation

MAX22192

Enables Up to 50% smaller footprints, 60% lower power dissipation and 6X faster throughput

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2.5kV_RMS Complete Isolated RS-485/RS-422 Module Transceiver + Power

MAXM22511

Supports 25Mbps data rates while providing 60% DC-DC efficiency and ±35kV electrostatic discharge protection

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6-Channel, Low-Power, 3.75kV_RMS SPI Digital Isolator

MAX14483

Each channel optimized for SPI, includes 10ns (typ) propagation delay

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Introducing the Go-IO PLC Reference Design

Take a tour of the Go-IO PLC reference design. The Go-IO enables self-diagnostics in automated factory subsystems along with higher throughput and productivity. With 17 configurable IOs in a space half the size of a credit card, it is 10x smaller and consumes 50% less power than its industry-leading predecessor, the Pocket IO.

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How to Quickly Start Up the Go-IO PLC Reference Design

In this video, Alex walks through the steps needed to quickly configure the hardware and software setup of the Go-IO PLC reference design.

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Programming the Go-IO PLC Reference Design with Eclipse

Learn how to program the Go-IO PLC reference design using the Eclipse IDE. Alex shows where to find the software and how to configure it to quickly get up and running.

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