FaRo
Precision, speed, and reliability for high-performance sailing
Trusting your numbers
FaRo is the instrumentation system for racing sailboats that fits every needs.
From 40 foot to 150 foot, more and more boats have FaRo installed, because of its unique features.
- Is Reliable – The powerful, robust and reliable hardware is provided by Beckhoff, a company leader in the industrial automation technology. Every single component of FaRo is the ultimate evolution of years of research and it is provided after accurate control tests.
- Is Scalable – The system can be expanded or shrunk, based on the needs. Different CPUs are available to fit the required computational power.
- Is Distributed – A/D converters, serial interfaces and counter terminals can be assemblred in a single station or they can be distributed along the boat.
- Is Fast – The bus EtherCAT provides 100 Mb/sec transfer rate between the terminals and the main CPU, ensuring a real-time information exchange between the processor and the sensors. Remote nodes are connected with a standard CAT5 ethernet cable.
- Is Precise and accurate – FaRo brings to a new level the standard of electronic systems in sailing: sampling the analog channels at 1 KHz with16 bit resolution allows exploiting the performances of the last generation sensors.
- Is Compatible – NMEA2000, EtherCat, CAN, CANOpen, Ethernet, RS232/422/485… name a bus and FaRo can handle it
