The invention relates to a device, in particular an
automation device, having a flexible communication structure for real-time network applications with high
data security, and to a method for configuring the device. In order to support all market-related communication protocols used in
automation engineering, the device (AG) has a communication processor (KP) having: at least one freely programmable communication controller (KC), at least one freely programmable data controller (DC) and at least one interactive dual-port RAM memory (DPM), wherein the communication processor (KP) cooperates with a higher-level
control system via the
host interface (HS), whereby the higher-level
control system is exchangeable,-at least one flexible communication fabric integrated in the communication controller (KC), by means of a processor core (gMAC: RPU, TPU; gPEC), at least one flexible
data processing structure integrated in the data controller (DC) and having a
cryptographic accelerator (KB), and an exchangeable
physical interface (PYS) arranged in the device (AG) and connected via a
signal line to a communication controller (KC) arranged in the communication processor (KP) for transmitting the identification code (ID), the
control data (ST), the reception data (ED) and the transmission data (SD), therefore,
processing, filtering and distribution of the data streams within the
transmission rate range of 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps are realized. 2.2 The invention is applicable to the field of equipment with a flexible communication structure, in particular to
automation equipment.