X86 Functional Safety Development Platform
SCB100 is a Mini-ITX board that lets you run robot motion control and functional safety on the same x86 platform. No separate safety controller required — simplify your system architecture and shorten development time.
Now shipping. Pre-certified safety platform.
SCB100 is built for development teams already comfortable with the x86 ecosystem who want maximum platform control.
Your robot control software already runs on x86 (Windows/Linux, machine vision, simulation software). SCB100 lets you add functional safety on the same architecture, without switching to an ARM platform for safety.
Choose your own safety operating system (QNX or PikeOS) and develop your own safety application. SCB100 gives you a pre-certified hardware and software foundation while keeping maximum development flexibility.
SCB100's value comes from two things: architectural integration, and the time saved through pre-certification.
Traditionally, robot control runs on the main controller while functional safety requires a separate, dedicated safety controller. SCB100 uses a single pre-certified Intel Atom processor to run robot control and functional safety at the same time on the same board, via a safety hypervisor (QNX or PikeOS) — eliminating a dedicated safety controller and simplifying the whole system architecture and wiring.
Developing a robot's functional safety from scratch often takes years. SCB100 provides a pre-certified foundation so you can spend your time on your own safety application, not on underlying certification work.
What the pre-certification covers
Click to view full certificateNo. 968/FSP 2695.00/24
SCB100 can act as a standalone safety controller, or be integrated with robot motion control into a single platform — the safety-loop concept is the same in both cases. The difference is whether the motion control logic stays on an external controller, or lives alongside the safety application on the same SCB100.
Robot motion control logic stays on your existing Robot Motion Controller. SCB100 is mounted on the network as an EtherCAT Slave and also acts as the FSoE Master, managing downstream safety servo drives, safety digital I/O, E-stops, and safety light curtains via safety communication. Ideal for teams who want to add functional safety on top of an existing motion control architecture without changing the existing system.
System Integration Diagram
Software Architecture Diagram
SCB100 itself acts as the EtherCAT Master. Through a safety hypervisor, it runs a Non-Safe RTOS (handling motion control, communication, and state control) and a Safe RTOS (handling TCP speed monitoring, joint-angle soft limits, CAT 0/1/2 STOP, and the FSoE Master) at the same time on the same processor, directly controlling downstream safety servo drives and safety digital I/O. This is the complete form of "a single x86 platform for both robot control and functional safety" — no separate motion controller required.
SCB100 lets you freely choose your safety operating system, while taking care of the lowest-level, most tedious firmware and certification components for you, so you can focus on the application layer.
Both major safety RTOS/hypervisors are supported: BlackBerry QNX and SYSGO PikeOS. Linux Yocto is also provided as a non-safety reference OS (supplied by NexCOBOT).
STL (Software Test Library) and SMCL (Safety Monitor Communication Library) are SC3 pre-certified Intel functional safety software components. OSAL (OS Adaptation Layer) is reference code — QNX and PikeOS have already integrated it into their respective operating systems. If you want to use a different pre-certified, x86-compatible safety OS, you can integrate OSAL yourself.
Low-level components such as the Safety BIOS, PreOS Checker, and Slim Bootloader are pre-flashed to onboard NVRAM by NexCOBOT — you never need to handle this firmware yourself.
Mini-ITX Form Factor
Intel Atom® x6427FE Processor
On board EtherCAT Slave Controller
SIL 2/HFT = 0, Cat.3 PL d Certified
On board isolated 12IN/4OUT Safety Digital I/O
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