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Siemens: Compact controllers

See it at PACK EXPO International, Booth #N-4941! Simatic S7-1511C and S7-1512C compact controllers combine an S7-1500 CPU with digital/analog IO and technology built into the hardware delivering a cost effective and space saving design.

Compact controllers
Compact controllers

The latest additions to Siemens popular S7-1500 controller family feature exceptionally- compact designs, making them ideal for production machine applications. The S7-1511C controller is just 85 mm wide and offers 32 digital IO ports. The S7-1512C includes 64 digital IO connections and is only 110 mm wide. Expandable with signal modules, the S7-1511C has a bit performance of 60ns and the S7-1512C is 48ns.

Both compact CPUs include standard S7-1500 design features such as built in display, two port PROFINET connection, integrated Web server and standard S7-1500 internal functionality.

Engineered with Siemens TIA Portal, the controllers offer all the standard S7-1500 high-performance functions, including variant management, automatic address adjustment and option handling. Key technology functions such as metering, measuring, and positioning are already integrated into the hardware.

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