Saturday, August 14, 2010

IEC 61850 Embedded Modules Comparison - KALKITECH and Beck

Feature
SC123-LF from Beck
Speed
96 MHz
190 MHz
RAM
8 MB
32 MB ( 64 MB option )
Flash
2 MB (8 MB on SC143)
256 MB
Serial ports
4 TTL (Rx, Tx, RTS, CTS signals on each)
4 TTL ( Full modem signals on port-1, Rx, Tx, RTS & CTS on other 3 ports) + Console port with RxD & TxD
Other interfaces
I2C
SPI
CAN 2.0
USB
I2C
Ethernet interfaces
1 - 10/100BaseT Phy signals
1 – MII interface signals
1- 10/100 Base T Ethernet connector
GPIOs
34 GPIOs
Upto 19 GPIO's and co-exist with TTL Lines
Analog inputs
NA
2 AIs
Type
BGA single chip
Board with 30 pin connector & Ethernet connector interface.
Form Factor
25 * 25 * 5 mms
55 * 63 * 18 mms
Power Consumption
2W maximum
2W maximum
Voltage needed
3.3 V
3.3 V
Protocol support
IEC 61850, IEC 104, DNP3.0, Modbus, IEC 101,103, Profibus etc.,
IEC 61850 and Supports another 24 protocols including IEC101,103,104, DNP 3.0 and Modbus
GOOSE Performance
Meets IEC 61850-5 requirements
Configurable for all GOOSE Performance Levels
Conversion Support
Available
Available
Logic Support
IEC 61131 programmable engine 
Supports major functions only
Integration & Time to market
BGA solutions Needs more time. Board solution can be implemented in hours.
Easy integration through simple board within 2 weeks
Configuration & Diagnostics
Available
Available
NERC/CIP Compliance
Not Known
Compliant
IEC 61400-25 Compliance
Compliant
Compliant
Certifications
Planned
Products using Kalkitech OEM Board & Firmware has been Certified at KEMA, CPRI test labs by various customers
Development Kit
Avavailable (Pre-developed and only configuration required)
Available (Pre-developed and only configuration required)
SCL / IED Tool
ICD Designer; Configuration of client/server by SCL file
Available with Kalkitech ICD Manager and SCL Manager
TCO
$
$
Note: The specification of Beck IPC is based on publicly available content and inputs from Karlheinz Schwarz of Netted Automation.