EKF Embedded Blue® Boxed Solutions: AL700 • Single Pair Ethernet Switch 100BASE-T1 • 4-Way Power + Data M8 Hybrid Connectors IEC 63171-6 • Automotive Ethernet • Industrial Ethernet • BroadR-Reach®

AL700 • Single Pair Ethernet Switch

5 x 100BASE-T1 • 2 x 1000BASE-T
4-Way Power + Data M8 Hybrid Connectors IEC 63171-6
Automotive Ethernet • Industrial Ethernet • BroadR-Reach^®

Embedded Blue^®

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Embedded Blue^® Boxed Solutions

AL700 • Single Pair Ethernet Switch • 5 x 100BASE-T1 • 2 x 1000BASE-T
4-Way Power + Data M8 Hybrid Connectors IEC 63171-6
DIN-Rail Bracket or Wall Mount Plate

The AL700 Embedded Blue^® is a Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) switch designed for rugged industrial applications. The box is provided with five 100BASE-T1 (IEEE 802.3bw) ports and in addition two 1000BASE-T RJ45 jacks for uplink and port expansion.
The 4-way circular M8 Hybrid SPE connectors are covered by the IEC 63171-6, combining power and data distribution. Any AL700 SPE port can deliver up to 2.3A at voltages up to 57V, individually protected by an eFuse. The M12-A power input connector accepts 9-57VDC. As an option the box can be equipped with a terminal block power connector.

The AL700 is equipped with the Marvell^® 88Q5072 Automotive Ethernet switch and is configured by default for self-managed operation. Its PHYs are fully inter-operable with the Open Alliance BroadR-Reach^® (OABR) standard for automotive connectivity.
The AL700 box is available for DIN rail or wall mount. Switch port expansion can be easily achieved by means of RJ45 Ethernet patch cables, connecting two or more AL700 together. As AL710, the switch box is also available with a mezzanine CPU card (AC370) for additional protocol support such as AVB/TSN, and Wi-Fi 6 wireless communication.

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Technical Features

General

100BASE-T1 IEEE 802.3bw Ethernet switch box, for DIN rail or wall mount
5 x M8 Hybrid circular connectors (data & power), IEC 63171-6 (style 6J-M8CI), 100BASE-T1
2 x RJ45 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet connector
Intended for industrial and automotive use
Self-managed operation
AVB/TSN protocol stack under development
Dimensions: 45mm (W) x 140mm (H) x 70mm (D) w/o DIN rail bracket
Metal case, DIN rail bracket or wall mount plate
M12-A DC power connector
Option terminal block power connector
Option desktop power adapter connector
9-57VDC power input operation

Front Panel I/O

2 x RJ45 connector1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T compliant
5 x 100BASE-T1 SPE front ports M8 Hybrid (4-way IEC 63171-6 style 6J-M8CI), data pair hipot isolated by transformers, power output protected by eFuse (set to 1A by default), power output voltage corresponds approximately to power input voltage
1 x M12-A 5-pin DC power input, for internal circuitry and as source for M8 Hybrid power lines

Single Pair Ethernet Switch

Marvell^® 88Q5072 11-port Automotive Ethernet switch AEC-Q100 Grade 2 qualified
802.1Qat SR Aware 20Gbps switching engine
2 Mbit packet memory +16 MAX addresses
Queue controller 8-Level QoS per port
256 entry TCAM (ingress & egress)
3 color ingress policy
Hardware support for Layer 3 static routing
AVB/TSN per queue shaping 802.1Qav/Qbv
802.1AS & IEEE 1588/PTP
Advanced security features including deep packet inspection engine (DPI)
DoS (Denial of Service engine)
On-Board EEPROM up to 512kb for switch configuration
Integrated high-performance ARM^® Cortex^® M7 CPU 350MHz w. 1MB SRAM
Integrated IEEE 802.3bw 100BASE-T1 PHYs Single Pair Ethernet SPE
SPE PHYs configured as Master by default
Fully inter-operable w. Open Alliance BroadR-Reach^® (OABR) PHYs

2 x front port RJ45 connector 1000BASE-T (88EA1512 RGMII/SGMII PHY)
5 x front port connectors M8 Hybrid (88Q5072 integrated 100BASE-T1 PHYs)
2 x 5Gbps SERDES internal mezzanine connectors for custom specific hardware expansion
Simple switch expansion option by connecting two or more AL700 boxes via RJ45 patch cables
AL710 available (AL700 with AC370 CPU card for protocol support)

Power Requirements

DC Power input, 9-57V (e.g. 12VDC, 24VDC, 48VDC)
Absolute maximum input voltage 62VDC
Internal power consumption 2.5W max.
DC Power input fast acting chip fuse (PCB soldered type - no replacement on-site)
Protected against reverse polarity
ESD protection (TVS)
Common mode input filter
Option terminal block 3.5mm pitch 4-position screw lock (bottom of box) power input
Option rear power connector (desktop adapter 4-pos. circular connector)
Power input voltage must be chosen to meet power output voltage requirements via the M8 Hybrid connector ports

Power Conditions M8 Hybrid SPE Connectors (DC Output)

DC Output voltage 9V to 57V
Output current limited to 1A per M8 Hybrid connector by default
Current limit 0.1A to 2.23A custom specific on request
Industrial eFuse TPS26600 assigned to each M8 Hybrid connector (circuit breaker w. auto-retry)
DC Input voltage must be equal to DC output voltage provided at M8 Hybrid connectors (consider minor voltage drop etween DC input voltage at M12 input power connector and M8 Hybrid connectors caused by internal circuitry)

Applications

Industrial networks - IIoT
AVB/TSN ready
Automotive gateway
In-vehicle networking
Automotive test equipment
Rugged environments
Edge computing
Transportation
Construction vehicles
Harvester

Software under Development (AL710)

AVB/TSN
More to come

Environmental, Regulatory

Designed & manufactured in Germany
Certified quality management according to ISO 9001
Long term availability
Rugged solution
RoHS compliant
Operating temperature -40°C to +85°C (industrial temperature range)
Storage temperature -40°C to +85°C, max. gradient 5°C/min
Humidity 5% ... 95% RH non condensing
Altitude -300m ... +3000m
Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz
EC Regulatory EN55035, EN55032, EN62368-1 (CE)
MTBF tbd years

all items may be subject to technical changes

AL700 - Simplified Block Diagram