Advantech Introduces the UNO-4673A, IEC 61850-3/ IEEE 1613 Compliant Substation Automation Platform

Advantech introduces UNO-4673A, the IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 compliant Substation Automation Platform. IEC 61850-3 certification ensures environmental and EMI immunity of the network devices used in substations while IEEE 1613 details environmental and testing requirements for communication networking devices. With IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 standards, the UNO-4673A is able to communicate with different devices across substations and serve as an excellent computing platform.

The fanless Intel® Atom™ D510 processor based UNO-4673A with dual power input AC (100 ~ 240 VAC) and DC (106 ~ 250 VDC), advanced computing technology and remote management capability deliver robustness and reliability. It is designed with compact 2U rackmount form factor, rear-end wiring, and a front panel LED indicator, providing simple management and easy maintenance at substations.

The UNO-4673A also comes with a wide range of communication interfaces and flexible expansion capabilities, including 6 x Ethernet ports with LAN redundant teaming functionality, 6 x USB ports, and 2 x RS-232/422/485 isolated serial ports. 3 configurable domain I/O expansion slots are also open for users to select the I/O modules to meet their application needs. Advantech’s UNOP series provide versatile domain I/Os designed specific for UNO-4673A, such as Isolated RS-232/422/485, IRIG-B and Fiber Optic LAN plug-in cards.

As well as their robust and reliable designs, the UNO-4673A series also support Windows® XP Embedded, Windows 2000/XP, Windows CE 6.0, and Linux OS allowing the users to choose from many different OS options.

With all these great features, the UNO-4673A is a great open architecture for power & energy applications and can serve as an excellent gateway, controller or protocol server at substations. For more information about these, or other Advantech products, contact your local authorized Advantech dealer.