What is Soft-I/O®?

Soft-I/O connects sensors and actuators to a network in a way that is so revolutionary that it has reinvented the I/O marketplace. There is only one model of Soft-I/O, but you can load applications that can dramatically change the role that Soft-I/O takes to make your control system work.

Sensors and actuators are the backbone of every control system whether in factories, buildings or vehicles. Sensors bring information--such as temperature--into a control system. Actuators--such as pumps--provide the action of a control system. Together, sensors and actuators provide the input/output or I/O of every control system.

Before Soft-I/O, inflexible or custom I/O hardware needed to be purchased or designed to electrically connect to sensors and actuators. Soft-I/O provides patented configurability so that Soft-I/O conforms to the sensor and actuator. Any I/O connector pin of Soft-I/O can be an input, output or even power or ground. As a result, Soft-I/O dramatically reduces the cost, time and parts required to build a new control system. Machine builders and control system designers can reduce their costs and improve the performance of their systems with Soft-I/O.