Motion Controller Card comes in 1 to 4 axis versions.
Press Release Summary:
Magellan(TM)-PCI supports DC brushed, brushless DC, and step motors, and can communicate through PCI-bus via serial port or CANbus. It provides trajectory generation, servo loop closure, quadrature signal input, motor output signal generation, performance trace, and commutation. Unit offers servo loop rates up to 50 µsec/axis, 5 Mcount/sec quadrature encoder input rate, on-board trace capability of up to 32 Kwords, and pulse and direction output up to 5 Mpulses/sec.
Original Press Release:
New Motion Card Delivers Advanced Features
Lincoln, MA - Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD) introduces the NEW Magellan(TM)-PCI Motion Controller. Available in 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-axis versions, this motion card provides advanced motion control features including trajectory generation, servo loop closure, quadrature signal input, motor output signal generation, performance trace, on-the-fly changes, commutation, and much more. It supports DC brushed, brushless DC, and step motors, and can communicate through the PCI-bus, via a serial port, or using CANbus.
Designed with PMD's ultra-high performance Magellan(TM) Motion Processor, the Magellan-PCI allows designers to create cost-effective, high performance motion systems using standard C or C++ programming. Card features include S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, electronic gearing, and user-generated profile modes. The card accepts input parameters such as position, velocity, acceleration, deceleration, and jerk, and generates the corresponding trajectory. Instantaneous on-the-fly changes can be sent by the user, and PLC-style external signal input/output breakpoints can be used to program automatic profile changes.
Motor type can be software-selected on a per-axis basis. Motor types include DC brushed, brushless DC. pulse and direction output, and microstepping output. The Magellan-PCI provides servo loop rates of up to 50 uSec/Axis, 5 Mcount/Sec quadrature encoder input rate; on-board trace capability of up to 32 Kwords, and pulse and direction output of up to 5 Mpulses/Sec. Additional features include limit switch input, high speed position capture, dual loop encoder input, 6-step and sinusoidal commutation, PID filter with feedforward and dual bi-quad filters, incremental and parallel encoder input, general purpose digital inputs and outputs, and general purpose analog inputs.
Chuck Lewin, President and CEO of PMD, comments "Motion cards have gone through an amazing evolution in the last several years. Today it is possible to buy a cost-effective, high volume, motion card that supports multiple host connection modes and multiple motor types, yet still provides incredibly fast servo loop and pulse rate output. The Magellan-PCI is a great example of this new generation of high performance yet cost effective motion card."
Magellan-PCI is available now for US and North American distribution. Prices start at $744.00 in OEM quantities.
Contact: James H. Bailey
781.674.9860, Ext. 223
Jbailey@pmdcorp.com
