Motion Control Card features dual biquad filters.
Press Release Summary:
Magellan(TM)-PCI is available in 1, 2, 3 and 4-axis versions. It supports dc brush, brushless dc, microstepping, and pulse and direction motors. Features include trajectory generation, servo loop closure, quadrature signal input, motor output signal generation, servo trace, on-the-fly changes, and commutation. Communication occurs through PCI bus, via serial port, or using CANBus. Applications include medical, scientific, and general automation.
Original Press Release:
Motion Control Card Adds Advanced Servo Filters
Dual biquad filters at the output of the PID loop can emulate a large variety of filters, providing reduced resonance, faster transfers and smoother motion.
Lincoln, MA - Performance Motion Devices, Inc (PMD) announces the Magellan(TM)-PCI Motion Controller with dual biquad filters. Available in 1, 2, 3 and 4-axis versions, Magellan-PCI is a high performance motion control card that supports DC brush, brushless DC, microstepping and pulse & direction motors. It is ideally suited for demanding applications in medical, scientific, and general automation.
The dual biquad filters can produce two polarities of low pass output, as well as high pass, bandpass and notch filters. In addition to biquad filters, the card's features include trajectory generation, servo loop closure, quadrature signal input, motor output signal generation, servo trace, on-the-fly changes, and commutation. Communication occurs; through a PCI bus, via a serial port or using CANBus. The Magellan-PCI provides servo loop rates of up to 50 uSec/Axis, 5 Mcount/Sec quadrature encoder input rate, and pulse and direction output of up to 5 Mpulses/Sec.
Chuck Lewin, President and CEO of PMD, comments "Standard PID is a useful approach for many applications, but additional filtering is sometimes needed for the most demanding applications. By properly selecting the five gain parameters for each biquad, all kinds of programmable filters can be created including bandpass, low-pass, high-pass and more."
Designed with PMD's Magellan(TM) Motion Processor, the Magellan-PCI card allows designers to create cost-effective, high performance motion systems using standard C or C++ programming. The card accepts input parameters such as position, velocity, acceleration, deceleration and jerk, and automatically generates the programmed trajectory. On-the-fly changes and PLC-style external signal input/output breakpoints can be used to create application-specific profile changes.
Magellan-PCI is available now for US and North American distribution. Prices start at $638.00 in OEM quantities. Additional technical information is available at www.pmdcorp.com.
Contact:
James H. Bailey 781.674.9860, Ext. 223 jbailey@pmdcorp.com
