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Product category: Logic Controllers, Timers and Relays
News Release from: Idec Electronics | Subject: FC4A-J4CN1
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 19 March 2008

Analogue module provides 40ms transfer
time

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The FC4A-J4CN1 offers 16-bit resolution and the option of either voltage or current input.

IDEC has added its latest analogue expansion module to the IDEC PLC MicroSmart/Pentra range The four- channel input module completes the range of PLC analogue modules which provide inputs from two to eight according to the module type

One or two-channel output modules are also available.

The FC4A-J4CN1 offers 16-bit resolution and the option of either voltage or current input.

It also has a thermocouple and resistance thermometer capability.

The configuration for the inputs are software-selectable using the IDEC WindLDR programming software.

Each channel can be set to either 4-20mA, 0-10V, K, J or T thermocouples or Pt100/Nt100 resistance thermometers, independently of the other channels.

A system transfer time of 40ms per channel, coupled with the speed of the Pentra CPU, provides high-speed analogue readings and system control.

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