The Electric Imp impAccelerator™ Fieldbus Gateway provides a platform for customers to rapidly implement secure fieldbus-to-cloud connectivity for a variety of industrial
use-cases. Based on the Electric Imp imp005 module, the Fieldbus Gateway gives engineers an easily customizable and programmable lightweight gateway platform that
can support a wide range of fieldbus systems, protocols and custom functionality to securely enable industrial control and monitoring applications.
If you are new to the Electric Imp Platform, we recommend that you first work through the Fieldbus Gateway Getting Started Guide
(/docs/hardware/fieldbusgateway/intro/), which will show you how to create a free Electric Imp account, configure your Fieldbus Gateway for Internet connectivity, and
introduce you to the process of creating connected products using the Platform.
Application Examples
Thanks to the Electric Imp Platform’s reliable networking and robust security — delivered through the impCloud™ and impOS™ — and the imp005 module’s ability to run
fully customizable application software, the Fieldbus Gateway can be used to kick-start the development of a wide range of industrial applications, including:
Industrial Modbus-Internet gateway to securely connect isolated Modbus RTU (RS-485) or Modbus TCP (Ethernet) devices or subsystems to enterprise production
systems.
HVAC-Internet gateway to remotely monitor and control industrial heating, cooling and ventilation systems.
Internet gateway and controller for Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting systems.
Internet gateway for secure connectivity retrofit of products with a data port (for example, USB or UART), such as printers, scales, scanners, and other consumer and
industrial devices.
BACnet-Internet gateway to retrofit existing BACnet (RS-485) systems with connectivity to building management systems.
Low-cost and highly secure alternative to industrial Linux gateways for many use cases such as process monitoring or protocol conversion (using the on-board
XBee® or mikroBUS™ sockets to attach a variety of I/O interfaces).
Open Source Design and Optimized Bill of Materials
The impAccelerator Fieldbus Gateway is an open source design with an optimized Bill of Materials (BoM). This allows customers to seamlessly scale from Proof of Concept
to product deployment in volume with cost-optimized hardware designs and reusable software.
For production in 1000-unit volume, the expected BoM for the Fieldbus Gateway design is around $50 (all features included) and less depending on the feature subset,
