Developer's Kit provides multi-motor motion control.
Press Release Summary:
Used to develop software, as stand-alone chipset exerciser/test bed, or as motion development system, Magellan(TM) Developer's Kit allows users to evaluate and exercise Magellan Motion Processors. Integrated board and software package delivers multi-axis motion control for all motors used in motion control applications. Kit includes 4-axis PCI-based motion card with Magellan Motion Control IC, PLC-style I/O, C-Motion® API, and Pro-Motion® exerciser program.
Original Press Release:
Developer's Kit Provides Multi-Axis, Multi-Motor Motion Control
Magellan Developer's Kit shortens design time for sophisticated motion applications
Lincoln, MA - The all-motor Magellan(TM) Developer's Kit from Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD), is an integrated board and software package that allows designers to evaluate and exercise PMD's Magellan Family of Motion Processors. The Developer's Kit delivers dedicated multi-axis motion control for DC brush, brushless DC, microstepping and pulse & direction motors, providing a powerful tool for engineers who need to shorten design time while building sophisticated motion control applications.
This sophisticated motion control kit includes a four-axis PCI-based motion card with PMD's ultra-high performance Magellan Motion Control IC that provides user selectable profiling modes including S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring and electronic gearing. It performs motor output signal generation (PWM, analog, and pulse & direction), servo loop closure for DC brush and brushless DC motors, and provides PLC-style inputs and outputs for custom applications control. Other advanced features of the Magellan DK card include separately programmable acceleration and deceleration values, parallel I/O CANBus, serial point-to-point, multi-drop host communications, dual-loop encoder input, bi-quad servo filtering, multiple profile breakpoints, and on-card servo trace. The Developer's Kit includes the user's choice of a specific Magellan Motion Control IC installed on a surface-mount PCI motion card, interconnection cables, and a CD-ROM containing software and documentation. By interfacing to an external amplifier and motor via two 50-pin header connectors, the user can create a complete motion system.
Included with the developer's kit is PMD's C-Motion® Application Programming Interface (API) consisting of C-Source code for developing applications using the Magellan Motion Processors; This API can be used to write sophisticated user applications with standard C and C++ language commands and can be linked to any Visual Basic application via PMD's VB-Motion(TM). The developer's kit also includes PMD's powerful Pro-Motion® exerciser program, a sophisticated, easy to use Windows® -based program that allows the user to quickly exercise the motion hardware.
The Magellan Motion Processor Developer's Kit can be used as a platform to develop software, as a stand-alone chipset exerciser/test bed, or as a general-purpose motion development system. It can also be used as a tool for developing and debugging application code. It is available now for $995.00.
CONTACT:
James H. Bailey
781.674.9860, Ext. 223
jbailey@pmdcorp.com
