The iPAC-8000 is a new family of compact, modular, intelligent and rugged, distributed I/O (input/output) systems, designed for data acquisition and control in manufacturing, research and education.

This new exciting series offers a flexible, versatile, and economical solution to a wide range of applications. From Data-Acquisition, process control, test and measurement, to energy and building management.
The iPAC-8000 is a modular network based system with the capability of connecting I/O either through it's own local bus or alternatively through I/O expansion or network extension.
The unit comprises a main control unit with a range of standard communication interfaces, and an I/O bus permitting I/O expansion.
The bus is hybrid in nature providing the facility to connect either serial or parallel I/O modules. The parallel bus is used for high speed data transfer.
The unit can communicate either using serial communications (RS232,RS485), Ethernet, or CANbus.
The Ethernet version of the product supports an integrated web server permitting Internet and Intranet applications
The iPAC-8000 can be used as an intelligent distributed data acquisition front end connected to a Host machine running a standard SCADA package, or alternatively it can be user programmed as an autonomous controller running an embedded software application. Significant non volatile memory is available for data and program storage.

這個產品由 3 個元件組合而成：

• 控制主機(MCU) :
  MCU 由一個中央處理器模組、電源供應模組和一個具有數個 I/O 插槽的底板所構成。 這個中央處理器模組整合了 CPU 、RAM 、ROM 和一些通訊介面 (包含了 RS-485, 乙太網路和 CAN bus)。
• I/O 擴充單元 :
  I/O 擴充單元是用來擴充 I/O 模組。每一個單元都具備一個電源模組、數個 I/O 插槽之底板。PC 或控制主機可利用不同的通訊介面(例如 RS-485 或是無線電) 和此單元。
• I/O 模組 :
  I/O 模組分為高速的並列(Parallel) 型模組和低速的串列 (serial) 型模組。