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Motion control system offers simple setup

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 28, 2008

Trio's Euro209 allows users to exactly match application requirements, minimise purchase costs, simplify software and hardware development and reduce production timescales.

Trio's Euro209 is a cost-effective and flexible high-performance motion and machine control solution for OEMs, machine builders and automation system integrators.

It combines up to nine selectable axes of precision stepper or servo control with digital and analogue I/O, communications interfacing and axis expansion in a compact single-Eurocard rack-mount format.

It allows users to exactly match application requirements, minimise purchase costs, simplify software and hardware development and reduce production timescales.

Up to eight axes of stepper control are realised on a single printed circuit board that provides 2MHz stepper outputs and 6MHz encoder inputs via a 96-way rear DIN 41612 connector.

Optional feature enable codes are used to enable from two to eight stepper axes and encoder inputs.

For servomotor control, feature enable codes are used in conjunction with optional four or eight-axis DAC boards for +/-10V control with 16bit resolution.

A further single stepper or servo axis daughter board may be included, bringing the total axis count to nin.

The standard board also includes 16 24V opto-isolated inputs and eight 24V opto-isolated outputs, two 0-10V analogue inputs at 12bit resolution and a 24V 100mA Watchdog relay output.

The Euro209 includes an Ethernet port for PC programming and fast data communication.

Ethernet can also provide program control and data transfer for multiple card factory networks over LAN.

Other built-in factory communications protocols available for interfacing and I/O expansion include: Modbus-TCP; Telnet; DeviceNet slave and CANopen master along with RS232 and RS485 ports.

Additional I/O or communication interfacing is made possible by optional daughter boards such as USB and Profibus.

1Mbyte of onboard program and data memory is provided with additional storage of up to 2Gbyte via a standard Micro SD card.

The Euro209 uses the multitasking TrioBasic programming language.

Up to two fast tasks and five standard tasks may be run simultaneously, in PC-controlled or stand-alone mode, for increased programming flexibility that ensures optimal performance and rapid production throughput.

For host applications and visual programming environments, the TrioPC ActiveX components are available and Trio can also provide additional support with G-code and HPGL programming.

With a total of nine physical axes and 16 axes in software, users may configure virtual axes for flexibility in machine synchronisation, data acquisition and electronic gearbox applications.

The Euro209 also supports digital drive systems such as Sercos II, Control Techniques SLM and CANopen, which together with the built-in axis and interfacing flexibility allows the user freedom to choose the drive, motor and feedback technology that perfectly matches application cost and performance requirements.

For OEMs manufacturing greater than 200 machines per annum Trio can develop fully customised/embedded solutions to suit exact customer requirements.