OFF-THE-SHELF MOTION CARD FIRST TO INTEGRATE HIGH PERFORMANCE AMPLIFIERS WITH FULL MOTION CONTROL PACKAGE
PMD releases the Prodigy®/CME Machine Controller Card, integrating up to four amplifiers and a complete positioning motion controller on a single printed circuit card.
Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD) today announces a new family of Prodigy motion cards that combines a full featured four axis motion card with high performance on-card amplifiers. The Prodigy®/CME Machine Controller Card utilizes PMD's ATLAS® Digital Amplifiers to eliminate the need for external amplifiers, allowing new levels of convenience, integration, and cost savings for applications in life sciences equipment, scientific automation, robotics, and general purpose automation.
Machine Controller cards are offered in 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis configurations, and control the torque, velocity, and position of DC Brush, Brushless DC, and Step motors. They measure just 7.8" x 4.88" (19.8 cm x 12.4 cm), providing a small form factor for space constrained designs. Communications to the card include 10/100 MBPS Ethernet with UDP and TCP protocols, serial RS232, serial RS485, and CANbus.
These advanced motion cards are based on PMD's Magellan® Motion Processors, which perform motion command interpretation and numerous other real-time functions. Users can program a variety of motion profiles including S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, and electronic gearing. Servo loop compensation utilizes a full 32-bit position error, PID with velocity and acceleration feedforward, integration limit and dual biquad filters for sophisticated control of complex loads.
Published by Performance Motion Devices, Inc. on Jul 30, 2013
