Dialog introduces highly optimized IO-Link ics to help connect the next generation of Industry 4.0 devices

     Dialog Semiconductor, a supplier of highly integrated power management, charging, AC/DC power conversion, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth low power technologies, announced the launch of its latest IO-Link IC product, the CCE4503. The latest IO-Link IC expands Dialog's presence in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market by providing connectivity for the smallest, cost-sensitive IO-Link device sensors and actuators.

     The CCE4503 is the first IO-Link IC to be launched since Dialog's acquisition of Creative Chips in November 2019, further enriching the company's mature IO-Link and master IC product line. IO-Link is the first globally standardized serial bidirectional point-to-point communication technology for industrial automation networks (IEC 61131-9), which provides reliable communication between sensors, actuators and any fieldbus in the network.

     The CCE4503 is a highly reliable and easy-to-use device-side IO-Link compatible transceiver that combines IO-Link standard communication and advanced protection circuitry with low power losses in a very small DFN10 3x3mm package. This makes it possible to add IO-Link connections to the most space-constrained industrial sensor and actuator devices. The design is rigorously optimized for cost so that more IO-Link devices can benefit from IO-Link connectivity, providing deeper access to cloud data.

     Dr. Lutz Porombka, Vice President of the Industrial Mixed Signal Business Unit at Dialog Semiconductors, said: "Industrial sensors and actuators are integrating more and more functions in smaller sizes, and there is a greater need for cloud connectivity. As customers requested smaller and more cost-effective IO-Link solutions to support the next generation of Industry 4.0 devices, our CCE4503 and its optimized feature set came into being."