GigaStax Rugged - Automotive GigaBit Ethernet Switch
BotBlox
$463.00
Description
Industrial Gigabit Ethernet with Modular Connectivity
GigaStax Rugged is a very small managed and unmanaged ethernet switch that fits five 10/100/1000Mbps copper (PHY) ethernet ports and one MAC RGMII port in an ultra compact 48mm x 48mm form factor. GigaStax Rugged is designed to provide more easy expandability than GigaBlox Rugged, while maintaining the rugged features. This makes GigaStax Rugged ideal for harsh applications where compactness and connector flexibility are crucial.
GigaStax Rugged has a wide input voltage range of 5 to 60V with transient, over-voltage and reverse protection onboard, along with dedicated stable power-on-reset circuitry, meaning it can be dropped directly into a system powered by unregulated voltage with non-monotonic startup.
The -40°C to +85°C ambient operating range is achieved using automotive grade passives and industrial grade semiconductors.
Connector Modularity
GigaStax Rugged uses a Samtec Razor Beam (LSHM-140-04.0-L-DV-A-S-K-TR) to breakout the following signals:
- Five gigabit ethernet PHY ports (for connection with external devices)
- One RGMII MAC port
- I2C switch management bus + reset line, power enable
- Input voltage
- 3.3V rail output for supplying other devices 
This allows a daughterboard to be mated with GigaStax Rugged for total flexibility of expansion on the PHY port connectors, connected MAC devices etc. We sell a standard daughterboard that breaks out the five ports onto PicoBlade connectors, like the rest of our range.
We offer a standard daughterboard, GigaStax Rugged PicoConn, that breaks out all connections to PicoBlade and FFC connectors.
Buy GigaStax Rugged PicoConn
Onboard Transformers
GigaStax Rugged contains all LAN transformers onboard to be fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 providing 1500V AC isolation between all ports. This means the daughterboard only needs to provide connector breakout.
Onboard Microcontroller
GigaStax Rugged contains an STM32 microcontroller onboard that runs switch configuration firmware over I2C. This firmware can be modified to access basic switch management features such as VLANs, Port Mirroring and IGMP.
RGMII MAC port
The RGMII port broken out on GigaStax Rugged provides a number of interesting expansion options, such as:
- Connecting to another MAC from a CPU on the daughterboard for switch configuration and routing management.
- Connecting a different PHY on the daughter (for example, FX fiber or T1 single pair ethernet).
- Connecting another switch on the daughterboard via RGMII to add more ports to the device.
Firmware Upgrade (August 2024)
Occasionally, GigaStax Rugged will not form a stable connection with a connected device if said connected device is using an older ethernet transceiver chip. Also, GigaStax Rugged cannot form a stable connection when two GigaStax Rugged boards are connected together (with a daisy chain connection)
The issue occurs rarely and sporadically, and seems difficult to reproduce. The issue regarding two daisy-chained GigaStax Rugged can be reproduced by connecting two boards together with a Molex PicoBlade to Molex PicoBlade eight-way cable.
We have now implement a fix to this issue in firmware, which is flashed onto all boards shipped after August 2024. You can tell if your board is running upgraded firmware by observing the port LEDs flashing in sequence a sequence at power on, followed by the firmware revision number being represented in binary on the five port LEDs. A video demonstrating this behaviour can be found here.
Specifications
| Input Voltage Range | 5-60V (reverse protected) |
| Power Consumption | 1W idle, 3.3W at full data rate |
| Ports | 5 x 10/100/1000Mb ports + 1 MAC port |
| Maximum Frame Size | 9600 Bytes (Not Jumbo) |
| Operating Temperature | -40 to +85°C |
| Storage Temperature | -55 to +125°C |
| Dimensions | 48mm x 48mm x 8.17mm |
Custom Cables
All our boards are shipped with the required 0.3 meter power and data cables included, so you do not need to purchase extra cables. However if you need custom cable lengths for your application, you can order those here.
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| Input Voltage Range | 5-60V |
| Power Consumption | 1W (Idle), 3.3W (Max) |
| Ports | 5 x 10/100/1000Mb ports |
| Operating Temperature | -40 to +85°C |
| Maximum Frame Size | 9000 Bytes (Jumbo) |
| Storage Temperature | -50 to +125°C |
| Dimensions | 48mm x 48mm x 8.17mm |
| HS Tariff Code | 8517620000 |
| US ECCN | EAR99 |
| Revision | Subrevision | Part number | Release Date | Notes |
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Description
Industrial Gigabit Ethernet with Modular Connectivity
GigaStax Rugged is a very small managed and unmanaged ethernet switch that fits five 10/100/1000Mbps copper (PHY) ethernet ports and one MAC RGMII port in an ultra compact 48mm x 48mm form factor. GigaStax Rugged is designed to provide more easy expandability than GigaBlox Rugged, while maintaining the rugged features. This makes GigaStax Rugged ideal for harsh applications where compactness and connector flexibility are crucial.
GigaStax Rugged has a wide input voltage range of 5 to 60V with transient, over-voltage and reverse protection onboard, along with dedicated stable power-on-reset circuitry, meaning it can be dropped directly into a system powered by unregulated voltage with non-monotonic startup.
The -40°C to +85°C ambient operating range is achieved using automotive grade passives and industrial grade semiconductors.
Connector Modularity
GigaStax Rugged uses a Samtec Razor Beam (LSHM-140-04.0-L-DV-A-S-K-TR) to breakout the following signals:
- Five gigabit ethernet PHY ports (for connection with external devices)
- One RGMII MAC port
- I2C switch management bus + reset line, power enable
- Input voltage
- 3.3V rail output for supplying other devices
This allows a daughterboard to be mated with GigaStax Rugged for total flexibility of expansion on the PHY port connectors, connected MAC devices etc. We sell a standard daughterboard that breaks out the five ports onto PicoBlade connectors, like the rest of our range.
We offer a standard daughterboard, GigaStax Rugged PicoConn, that breaks out all connections to PicoBlade and FFC connectors.
Buy GigaStax Rugged PicoConn
Onboard Transformers
GigaStax Rugged contains all LAN transformers onboard to be fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 providing 1500V AC isolation between all ports. This means the daughterboard only needs to provide connector breakout.
Onboard Microcontroller
GigaStax Rugged contains an STM32 microcontroller onboard that runs switch configuration firmware over I2C. This firmware can be modified to access basic switch management features such as VLANs, Port Mirroring and IGMP.
RGMII MAC port
The RGMII port broken out on GigaStax Rugged provides a number of interesting expansion options, such as:
- Connecting to another MAC from a CPU on the daughterboard for switch configuration and routing management.
- Connecting a different PHY on the daughter (for example, FX fiber or T1 single pair ethernet).
- Connecting another switch on the daughterboard via RGMII to add more ports to the device.
Firmware Upgrade (August 2024)
Occasionally, GigaStax Rugged will not form a stable connection with a connected device if said connected device is using an older ethernet transceiver chip. Also, GigaStax Rugged cannot form a stable connection when two GigaStax Rugged boards are connected together (with a daisy chain connection)
The issue occurs rarely and sporadically, and seems difficult to reproduce. The issue regarding two daisy-chained GigaStax Rugged can be reproduced by connecting two boards together with a Molex PicoBlade to Molex PicoBlade eight-way cable.
We have now implement a fix to this issue in firmware, which is flashed onto all boards shipped after August 2024. You can tell if your board is running upgraded firmware by observing the port LEDs flashing in sequence a sequence at power on, followed by the firmware revision number being represented in binary on the five port LEDs. A video demonstrating this behaviour can be found here.
Specifications
| Input Voltage Range | 5-60V (reverse protected) |
| Power Consumption | 1W idle, 3.3W at full data rate |
| Ports | 5 x 10/100/1000Mb ports + 1 MAC port |
| Maximum Frame Size | 9600 Bytes (Not Jumbo) |
| Operating Temperature | -40 to +85°C |
| Storage Temperature | -55 to +125°C |
| Dimensions | 48mm x 48mm x 8.17mm |
Custom Cables
All our boards are shipped with the required 0.3 meter power and data cables included, so you do not need to purchase extra cables. However if you need custom cable lengths for your application, you can order those here.
| Input Voltage Range | 5-60V |
| Power Consumption | 1W (Idle), 3.3W (Max) |
| Ports | 5 x 10/100/1000Mb ports |
| Operating Temperature | -40 to +85°C |
| Maximum Frame Size | 9000 Bytes (Jumbo) |
| Storage Temperature | -50 to +125°C |
| Dimensions | 48mm x 48mm x 8.17mm |
| HS Tariff Code | 8517620000 |
| US ECCN | EAR99 |
| Revision | Subrevision | Part number | Release Date | Notes |
|---|
