SwitchBlox Rugged Context
Market context
Small rugged Ethernet switch for onboard robot and drone networking.
- Target environment: Drones, mobile robots, subsea systems, industrial equipment and defense-adjacent field systems
- Workflow context: Onboard Ethernet switching, payload networking, camera/compute/radio connectivity and rugged data links
- Customer context: Robot and drone teams with constrained size, weight and power budgets that still need reliable Ethernet distribution.
- Deployment model: Commercial component deployed inside robot, drone, subsea and industrial platforms as compact onboard Ethernet switching hardware.
- Commercial maturity: Commercial product with public port, speed, voltage, temperature, lifetime and dimension data.
- Adoption constraints: Fit depends on connector strategy, enclosure, EMC requirements, power-protection needs and whether managed routing is required.
- Adjacent products: BotBlox GigaStax, DroneNet, rugged industrial Ethernet switches, compact SPE modules
Workflow
Onboard Ethernet switching, payload networking, camera/compute/radio connectivity and rugged data links
Deployment environment
Drones, mobile robots, subsea systems, industrial equipment and defense-adjacent field systems
Specifications
- Price: $219.00
- Ports: 5 ports; 10 ports when two boards are stacked
- Network Speed: 10/100M Ethernet
- Input Voltage: 5 V to 60 V; tolerant to 65 V
- Operating Temperature: -50 C to +110 C
- Storage Temperature: -55 C to +125 C
- Dimensions: 44.5 mm x 44.5 mm x 11.17 mm
- Product Status: Active, with 5-year minimum lifetime
Tags
- Peer Group: Networking switch, Rugged network switches
- Workflow: Robot networking
- Stack Layer: Comms Layer
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