The CX2042 has an Intel® Xeon® CPU with a clock rate of 2.2 GHz

(four cores). A fan with ball bearings and speed monitoring is integrated

into the basic CPU module. In addition to the CPU, the basic module

also contains the main memory with a size of 8 GB RAM, optionally

available with up to 64 GB. The controller boots from a CFast flash

memory card where both the operating system as well as user programs

and data are stored.

The CPU has an internal 128 kB NOVRAM, which acts as a persistent

data memory if no UPS is used.

The use of TwinCAT 3 allows automation tasks to be distributed across

the various cores of the Intel® Xeon® CPU.

All system modules from the CX2000 series for left- or right-sided

functional extensions can be connected. Internally the modules are

connected via PCI Express® and can be plugged to the CPU in the field.

The power supply for the CPU module comes from a CX2100-0014 power

supply module. Up to two mass storage modules (either CX2550-0010

CFast modules or CX2550-0020 2½-inch SSD modules) can be plugged

in between the power supply unit and the CPU, allowing the use of up

to three mass storage devices in total.