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$60 kit transforms the Raspberry Pi 4/5 into a DIN Rail industrial computer with isolated RS232, RS485, and CAN Bus

Waveshare's "Isolated RS232 / RS485 / CAN / CAN FD Expansion Board For Raspberry Pi" kit transforms your Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 into an industrial computer

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Waveshare’s “Isolated RS232 / RS485 / CAN / CAN FD Expansion Board For Raspberry Pi” kit transforms your Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 into an industrial computer with a DIN rail or wall mount enclosure.

The solution also provides access to isolated interfaces, including two RS485, RS232, CAN FD, and CAN Bus interfaces, as well as 7-36V DC input through screw terminals. The complete solution also benefits from the Raspberry Pi’s Gigabit Ethernet, four USB ports, and full-size HDMI port (via adapter), as well as support for Raspberry Pi HAT and PCIe expansion boards for NVMe SSD, an additional GbE port, 4G LTE/5G cellular, etc…

Compatible SBCs – Raspberry Pi 4B and Raspberry Pi 5

Isolated industrial interfaces via screw terminals 1x CAN FD with 5kbps ~ 8 Mbps baudrate via MCP2518FD + MCP2562FD chips 1x CAN Bus with 5kbps ~ 1 Mbps baudrate via MCP2515 + SN65HVD230 chips 2x RS485 with 300 bps ~ 921600 bps baudrate via SC16IS752 + SP485 chips 1x RS232 with 300 bps ~ 921600 bps baudrate via SP3232EEN chip

1x CAN FD with 5kbps ~ 8 Mbps baudrate via MCP2518FD + MCP2562FD chips

Expansion Optional NVMe, Ethernet, USB, 4G/5G through PCIe interface (Raspberry Pi 5 only) Raspberry Pi HAT compatibility through 40-pin GPIO header (note: partial due to height restrictions and potential interference with SPI/UART)

Optional NVMe, Ethernet, USB, 4G/5G through PCIe interface (Raspberry Pi 5 only)

Raspberry Pi HAT compatibility through 40-pin GPIO header (note: partial due to height restrictions and potential interference with SPI/UART)

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