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Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Delta Tau UK | Subject: QMAC motion control system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 June 2000
Powerful motion control in a single unit
Delta Tau has developed what it describes as the ultimate in flexible motion control systems with the launch of QMAC.
Delta Tau has developed what it describes as the ultimate in flexible motion control systems with the launch of QMAC Most commonly requested features of a motion control systems are at opposite ends of the spectrum - for instance: ease of use yet high flexibility; small size, but comprehensive functionality; high speed but at low cost
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Jun 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Recognising this, the company set about designing the ideal control without performance compromises.
Based on the proven PMAC controllers - the de facto global standard by which motion control is benchmarked - Delta Tau designed QMAC with all the functions of PMAC but in a stand alone package.
It is the first time such a powerful motion controller has been able to be presented in a single unit, bringing with it centralised architecture and inherent speed benefits.
In short, the QMAC is a powerful position and general I/O control system.
Features of the QMAC include a powerful 80MHz DSP56303 processor as well as RS232, USB, DeviceNet, master or slave and Delta Tau's own MACRO communications.
User functions include the ability to control all types of motors including stepper, synchronous servo, asynchronous induction, linear synchronous and asynchronous and even piezo motors.
Similarly, QMAC supports the control of all types of amplifiers from conventional +/- 10V to sinusoidal and pulse width modulated (PWM) commutation.
Other functions include centralised current loop control within the QMAC, extremely high speed capture in hardware and altered position "on the fly".
Delta Tau's powerful "Lookahead" feature (whereby motion accleration and deceleration can be predicted and adjusted to enable high speed cornering), together with retrace, inverse kinematics, machine orthogonality correction and plane rotation are also included.
Eight outputs and 16 inputs can be expanded to 32 I/O.
QMAC is immediately available from Delta Tau in the UK.
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