Brainboxes / Industrial Ethernet, I/O & Serial Connectivity
Industrial connectivity for IoT, automation and monitoring.
UK-designed industrial connectivity hardware for factory automation, IoT, remote I/O and legacy equipment integration. Shop Brainboxes online or let Betterbox help specify the right hardware for your project.
Brainboxes manufactures industrial switches, Remote I/O and Ethernet-to-Serial products specifically around those use cases.
Z Connect industrial IoT projects
Z Innovate factory automation
Z Remote management of legacy systems
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UK DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED
Brainboxes designs, manufactures and tests its products in Liverpool.
LIFETIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Support is available directly from Brainboxes throughout the product’s life.
BUILT FOR INDUSTRIAL USE
Products are designed for industrial automation, networking and connectivity environments.
LONG-TERM PRODUCT SUPPORT
Brainboxes provides long product lifecycles and support for legacy deployments.
Solve connectivity problems
MODERNISE LEGACY SERIAL EQUIPMENT
Connect existing RS232, RS422 or RS485 machinery to Ethernet without replacing the equipment it controls.
CONNECT FACTORY SENSORS & CONTROLS
Bring digital, analogue, relay and temperature I/O onto an Ethernet network for monitoring and automation.
BUILD A RUGGED INDUSTRIAL NETWORK
Connect equipment using industrial Ethernet switches designed for factory and infrastructure environments.
ADD SERIAL PORTS TO MODERN HARDWARE
Connect serial devices through USB, USB-C or PCI Express interfaces.
COMPARE BRAINBOXES SWITCHES
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| Embedded | Light Industrial | Industrial | Hardened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Ethernet | ||||
| 4 Port | SW-104 | SW-504 | ||
| 5 Port | SW-105 | SW-005 | SW-505 | SW-705 |
| 8 Port | SW-108 | SW-008 | SW-508 | SW-708 |
| 16 Port | SW-7016 | |||
| 16 Port + SFP | SW-7617 | |||
| Gigabit Ethernet | ||||
| 1 Port + SFP | SW-581 | |||
| 4 Port | SW-114 | SW-514 | ||
| 4 Port + SFP | SW-084 | SW-584 | ||
| 5 Port | SW-115 | SW-015 | SW-515 | SW-715 |
| 16 Port | SW-7416 | |||
| 16 Port + SFP | SW-7717 | |||
| PoE | ||||
| 5 Port Fast Ethernet | SW-125 | SW-525 | SW-725 | |
| 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet | SW-135 | SW-535 | SW-735 | |
| 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet + SFP | SW-195 | SW-595 | ||
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