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Downloads NSHIELD 90-RE

Downloads NSHIELD 90-RE

General description of NSHIELD 90-RE netSHIELD "NSHIELD 90-RE"

Three steps to sccess

  1. Program the Protocol Stack firmware of your choice into NSHIELD90-RE flash memory, using the netHOST utility

  2. Mount the NSHIELD 90-RE onto your Nucleo board

  3. Import STM32Cube Expansion projects into your System Workbench for STM32 workspace and start the evaluation

Refer to the following quick start guide and the user manual for more information.

Documentation

Quick start guide

Quick start guide to integrating Hilscher NSHIELD 90-RE into STM32 ecosystem

User manual

Further reading

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Dual Port Memory Interface

The structure and specification of the Dual Port Memory (parallel or serial connected), which acts as interface between netX (netSHIELD) and a host controller.

Dual-port memory interface

netX Dual-Port Memory
Packet-based services (netX 90)

General definition of packets. Description of System services, Communication Channel services, and Protocol Stack services.

Packet-based services

cifX Toolkit

Description and usage of the cifX Toolkit.

  • The cifX Toolkit is the base component, running on the host controller

  • must be adapted to the host hardware

  • The netX STM32Cube Expansion contains an adapted cifX Toolkit as middleware component for STM32 microcontrollers

cifX/netX Toolkit (NXDRV-TKIT)

netX 90

The netX 90 is the newest addition to Hilscher’s SoC family that provides a superior solution with an unmatched protocol flexibility for a variety of industrial slave or device applications in the process and factory automation.

netX 90

PC utility

Tool

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netHost

Update protocol firmware into the flash of netSHIELD

  • netHOST.exe is a windows executable and part of the "netX Diagnostic and Remote Access" packet.

  • netHost.exe can be found under the path ..\2023-05-1\Windows Executable\netHost\x64 of the downloaded zip file: netX Diagnostic and Remote Access 2023-05-1.zip

netX Diagnostic and Remote Access

CLI Flasher

erase, read and write flash memory on netSHIELD

  • Maintainacne Firmware (MFW) is necessary to update firmware of a different protocol

  • netSHIELD "NSHIELD 90-RE" is shipped with preloaded MFW and PNS limited firmware already

  • CLI flasher is not used to program the protocol firmware into the flash. For this purpose, the utility netHOST is used

CLI Flasher

USB driver

Windows USB driver for CLI Flasher

ATTENTION: from V2.4.11 support for NSHIELD 90-RE is added

Windows USB driver

netX Firmware

The NSHIELD 90-RE board is delivered with a pre-loaded PROFINET evaluation firmware. To update the loadable firmware to the latest version or to evaluate other Real-Time Ethernet protocols, the netHOST PC utility can be used to update the firmware via the mini-B USB interface X3 (virtual COM port) on board.

The following firmware are free to download for evalution purpose. Please contact your Hilscher sales contact or visit https://www.hilscher.com in case of demand for full versions or other protocol stacks like SERCOS, Open Modbus/TCP, PROFIBUS, CANopen etc.

Evaluation firmware

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PROFINET (PNS)

V5.5.0.5

X090D001.nxi (use case C)

 

EtherCAT (ECS)

V5.4.0.7

X090F001.nxi (use case C)

 

Ethernet/IP (EIS)

V5.4.0.0

X090H001.nxi (use case C)

 

ECS/PNS/EIS

 

fwupdate.zip (use case C)

ZIP file for the three protocols mentioned above

Maintenance firmware

Use case C: MFW_netX90_filesystem.mxf
Use case A: MFW_netX90_flash.mxf

STM32 Cube expansion SW

STM32 Cube expansion application examples

STM32 Cube expansion application examples

Further information

STM32 microcontrollers, evaluation boards and software are offered by the third-party ST Microelectronics, not affiliated to Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation.

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netSHIELD @ ST

I-NUCLEO-NETX - STMicroelectronics

STM32Cube Expansion @ ST

I-CUBE-NETX - STMicroelectronics

STM32 Microcontrollers

STM32 32-bit Arm Cortex MCUs - STMicroelectronics

STM32 Nucleo evaluation boards

STM32 Nucleo boards - STMicroelectronics

STM32Cube Expansions

STM32Cube Expansion Packages - STMicroelectronics

The contents of the websites of ST Microelectronics are beyond our responsibility and are not adopted as our own content.

Hardware

Files for NSHIELD 90-RE hardware

Files for NSHIELD 90-RE hardware

Terms and Conditions

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Hilscher terms and conditions

TermsAndConditionsForGermany.pdf

GeneralTermsAndConditionsOfSaleForUSA.pdf

Hilscher STM32 Cube expansion Disclaimer
Files for NSHIELD 90-RE hardware Disclaimer

Disclaimer for use of free additional information from Hilscher.pdf

 

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