
“SerialTap provides a deeper level of communications transparency and process verification to these legacy control systems.” These networks have absolutely no intrinsic resistance to cyberattacks,” said Richard Robinson, CEO of US-based Cynash. “The vast majority of our critical energy, transportation and industrial infrastructure still runs on control networks that rely on serial communications. This provides a deeper level of communications transparency and verification to these legacy control systems with analytics software that identifies anomalous network traffic associated with cyberattacks. SerialTap consists of a patented sensing device that passively intercepts serial communications on legacy industrial control networks. The module supports up to 8 GByte of LPDDR4 MLC or pseudo SLC memory and up to 64 GByte of non-volatile memory, with 2x GbE including optional IEEE1588 compliant precision clock synchronization, up to 6x USB including 1x USB 3.1, up to 2x PCIe Gen 3.0, 1x SATA 3.0, 2x CAN bus, 4x UART as well as an optional onboard Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and BLE.Ĭynash has launched a cybersecurity system for legacy industrial control networks that rely on serial communications protocols such as RS-485 and RS-232. "Our SMARC 2.0 modules are application-ready sub systems that come with a comprehensive ecosystem such as ready-to-go boot loader implementation, pre-qualified Linux and Android BSPs and fully featured evaluation carrier boards as well as personal integration support and a broad range of individually selectable technical services to significantly simplify the integration of this new i.MX8 processor for our customers." "Due to the tremendous increase in performance, functionality and connectivity of ARM architectures, ARM based Computer-on-Modules gain significantly more importance and acceptance, as they reduce the overall system design costs for hardware and software and enable faster time to market for the final end application," said Martin Danzer, Director Product Management at congatec. The modules are qualified for the extended ambient temperature range from -40☌ to +85☌ and so can be used in fleet systems for commercial vehicles or infotainment applications in cabs, busses and trains as well as all the new electric and autonomous vehicles. The SMARC 2.0 modules include hardware based virtualization and resource partitioning for stationary and mobile industrial applications including real-time robotics and motion controls.
