The creation of cost-efficient and compact industrial slave devices that can connect to any Real-Time Ethernet network is now simplified through the combination of the STM32 ecosystem with the multi-protocol flexibility of Hilscher's netX control ICs. The results of this collaboration are the I-NUCLEO-NETX expansion board for use with any STM32 Nucleo-64 or STM32 Nucleo-144 development board, and the I-CUBE-NETX, an STM32Cube software expansion for combining Hilscher's netX 52 network controllers with a host microcontroller (MCU) from ST's STM32 family. Combining the strengths of netX with the STM32 family - which ranges from entry-level STM32F0 MCUs to the very high-performing STM32F7 series and STM32H7 series -- creates a flexible, stable, and scalable platform for building products from simple I/O systems to complex, high-end drives and controls. Products for various worldwide markets can be based on common hardware, to cater efficiently for the popularity of different protocols, such as PROFINET in Europe, EtherNet/IP in the US, CC-Link IE in Japan, and EtherCAT in Europe and Asia. 

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