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News Release from: Eurotherm | Subject: Mini8 controller
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 November 2007
Controller handles varied signals
The Mini8 controller has four plug-in I/O slots and can cater for a variety of signals such as thermocouple and RTD inputs and relay, logic and analogue outputs.
The Mini8 controller from Eurotherm makes it possible to perform PID loops outside the PLC without compromising the benefits of an integrated solution Up to eight discrete control loops can be easily connected to major fieldbuses such as Profibus, Devicenet and CANopen
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Mini8 controller offers a number of high performance control solutions for different applications at an affordable cost and in a compact mechanical form.
It has four plug-in I/O slots and can cater for a variety of signals such as thermocouple and RTD inputs and relay, logic and analogue outputs.
This is important because it takes responsibility for the loops outside the PLC.
In the event of the PLC going down, equipment pressure and temperature can still be maintained and expensive failures avoided.
It also offers the Modbus protocol on RS 485 or Ethernet.
The Mini8's software wiring allows loops to be connected in many different ways.
Features include a setpoint programmer plus maths, logic and timing functions that make it capable of simple, multiloop PID control or being used to create innovative custom solutions.
OEMs, for example, can construct their own algorithms in a simple unit that is easily cloned.
The Mini8 also offers an OEM or reseller the ability to protect their intellectual property by using a feature called OEM security.
This prevents unauthorised cloning of a configuration without entry of a pass code defined by the original programmer.
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