Stepper and Servo Motion Control Card - ADLINK PCI-8174

ADLINK has released its PCI-8174 4-axis stepper and servo motion control card. This new card offers on-board DSP with motion ASIC. PCI-8174 motion control card is suitable for applications such as TFT/LCD manufacturing equipment, semiconductor front and back end equipment, automatic optical inspection equipment, electronic assembly and testing equipment, flight or vehicle simulator in military and video game, cutting or carving machinery and dispenser machinery.

ADLINK PCI-8174 Stepper and Servo Motion Control Card

Key features of ADLINK PCI-8174 Stepper and Servo Motion Control Card:

• TI TMS320C6711 200Mhz DSP on-board
• Time-critical motion and standalone control
• DSP firmware customizable
• Linear/Circular interpolation; T/S-curve speed profile
• Support helical/linear/circular motion
• 13 Home modes and auto home search
• Hardware emergency input

The PCI-8174 motion control card delivers many features for pick-and-place, dispenser and gantry applications:

• high-frequency pulse output rates of up to 6.55 MHz
• a card index switch for multiple cards in a system
• a software security protection to prevent illegal copying of custom software
• on-the-fly speed and position change while the axis is in motion
• serial connectivity for multiple axes among multiple cards

The PCI-8174 motion control card is able to operate as a standalone controller by executing all processes in the hardware layer, and can simultaneously execute a sequence via the motion ASIC without consuming CPU resources, making this an ideal card for interrupt control and synchronization among multiple axes.

The multi-axis operation design of the PCI-8174 motor control card allows linear interpolation using up to all four axes and circular interpolation using any two axes. The PCI-8174 motor control card offers continuous contouring and outputs backlash correction pulses before sending commands when a direction change occurs during interpolation to ensure flawless velocity continuity.

ADLINK PCI-8174 4-Axis Stepper & Servo Motion Control Card is available with price starting at US$1190.

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