I/O Card provides 96 I/O bits and 4 serial ports.
Press Release Summary:
Stand-alone Model 7I60, from Anything I/O card series, features two RS-232 ports and two RS-485 ports. One RS-232 port is used for downloading initial configurations to on-card Flash EEPROM for FPGA configuration. I/O bits are offered on four 50-pin connectors, 24 bits per connector. I/O interface daughter cards for 7I60 include 4-axis 3A Hbridge, 2-axis 3 A stepper motor driver, analog servo amp interface, 8-channel RS-422/485 interface, and debug LED card.Original Press Release:
7I60 Anything I/O Card
The 7I60 is a standalone (no bus) version of the FPGA based Anything I/O card series. It provides 96 I/O bits and 4 serial ports.
There are 2 RS-232 ports and 2 RS-485 ports. One of the RS-232 serial ports is used for downloading initial configurations to the on-card Flash EEPROM for FPGA configuration. The 96 I/O bits are available on four 50 pin connectors, 24 bits per connector. The 50 pin connectors have I/O module rack compatible pinouts.
Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 7I60. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an 8 channel RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card. 2 daughter cards can plug directly onto the 7I60.
Many IO configuration files are provided with the 7I60 including simple remote I/O, smart remote I/O, 4 and 8 axis servo motion control, 4 and 8 axis microstepping stepper motor control, multiple channel PWM generator, quadrature counters mutliple timers and more. VHDL source is provided for all configurations.
The 7I60 uses a 200K gate Xilinx SpartanII FPGA. Free development tools for The SpartanII are available (Xilinx WebPack) from Xilinx's web site. Like all Mesa cards, the 7I60 has a 2 year warranty and is available in industrial temperature range (-40C > > +85C)
Price of the 7160 in 100's is $175.00.
