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Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Deva Electronic Controls | Subject: Deva 004
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 August 2005
Stepper motor controller rides the
PCIbus
The Deva 004 PCI stepper motor controller enables the position, speed and acceleration of stepper driven axes to be controlled from a PC compatible computer.
The Deva 004 PCI stepper motor controller enables the position, speed and acceleration of stepper driven axes to be controlled from a PC compatible computer Offering an extensive range of software features, the Deva 004 has multiple move queues for independent/parallel continuous motion processing, S-curve acceleration for smoother motions and fully configurable motions including linear, circular, helical and spherical types
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 14 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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A closed loop controller with PID and velocity feed forward terms, maintains control of axis position by continually monitoring motor position and updating motor speed.
Motor speed is set via a 16bit speed register and motor position is derived from a 24bit position register.
Alternatively, axis position feedback can be taken from external encoders using an additional Deva 001 encoder card.
Hardware features include a single 32bit expansion slot to ensure fast read/write access cycles, 16 optoisolated digital inputs allowing the sensing of switches and sensors around a system such as emergency stop and overtravel switches and 16 optoisolated outputs including four-axis enable outputs giving the ability to control other devices.
OEMs involved with software development will benefit from the comprehensive software support library compatible with Windows 98/2000/Me/XP, Microsoft Visual B and Visual C operating systems.
Axis configuration and jogging utilities provide for easy machine setup.
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