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Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port vs Dell ZoneDirector 1200

11specifications compared
10differ
1identical
37known for one product only

Key differences

The Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port has 18 V more output voltage than the Dell ZoneDirector 1200 (30 V vs 12 V). The Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port has 2 A more output current than the Dell ZoneDirector 1200 (4 A vs 2 A). LED indicators: Yes on the Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port, Power on the Dell ZoneDirector 1200. Ethernet LAN data rates: 10,100 Mbit/s on the Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port, 10,100,1000 Mbit/s on the Dell ZoneDirector 1200. Security algorithms: SSH, TLS on the Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port, 802.1x RADIUS, AES, TKIP, WPA, WPA2 on the Dell ZoneDirector 1200.

LED indicators
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:Yes
- ZoneDirector 1200:Power
Ethernet LAN data rates
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:10,100 Mbit/s
- ZoneDirector 1200:10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Input voltage
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:5 - 30 V
- ZoneDirector 1200:110 - 240 V
Output voltage
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:30 V
- ZoneDirector 1200:12 V
Output current
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:4 A
- ZoneDirector 1200:2 A
Weight
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:334 g
- ZoneDirector 1200:1 kg
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:-25 - 80 °C
- ZoneDirector 1200:0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port:5 - 95%
- ZoneDirector 1200:20 - 90%

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Comparison of BB-400, ZoneDirector 1200
48 specifications	A Brainboxes Neuron Industrial Edge Controller 8 x I/O & Serial Port Model BB-400 View product	B Dell ZoneDirector 1200 View product
Design1 differ
Enclosure materialKnown for one	Plastic	Unknown — not stated by the source
LED indicatorsDiffers	Yes	Power
International Protection (IP) codeKnown for one	IP20	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Antenna typeKnown for one	External	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Control display unitKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one	1200 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of processors installedKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	1024 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memory typeKnown for one	DDR2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Flash memoryKnown for one	32000 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Protocolsidentical
Supported protocolsKnown for one	MQTT, OPC-UA, REST, Modbus, WebSockets, ASCII TCP, Unix Domain Socket	Unknown — not stated by the source
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CLI, FlexMaster, SNMP v1, v2, v3
Network2 differ
Ethernet LAN data ratesDiffers	10,100 Mbit/s	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Networking standardsDiffers	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n	IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11d, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11k, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11u, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1x
Wi-FiKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Frequency bandKnown for one	2.45 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Full duplexKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Security1 differ
Security algorithmsDiffers	SSH, TLS	802.1x RADIUS, AES, TKIP, WPA, WPA2
VLAN supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Ports & interfacesidentical
Console portKnown for one	RS-232	Unknown — not stated by the source
Serial interface typeKnown for one	RS-232, RS-422, RS-485	Unknown — not stated by the source
WAN connectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Ethernet (RJ-45)
Power3 differ
Power consumption (max)Known for one	15 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	4 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input voltageDiffers	5 - 30 V	110 - 240 V
Output voltageDiffers	30 V	12 V
Output currentDiffers	4 A	2 A
Softwareidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Raspberry Pi Android Linux	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthKnown for one	160 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	49 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WidthKnown for one	135 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	334 g	1 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	250 x 159.3 x 31.64 mm
Packaging dataidentical
Package depthKnown for one	135 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	49 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package widthKnown for one	160 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	334 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Quick start guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	-25 - 80 °C	0 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 85 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 95%	20 - 90%
Certificatesidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	UL, WEEE, RoHS, CE, UKCA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Country of originKnown for one	United Kingdom	Unknown — not stated by the source
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)Known for one	5A992.C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	851762	Unknown — not stated by the source
Management featuresidentical
Web-based managementKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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