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News Release from: Unimatic Engineers | Subject: MC206 motion co-ordinator
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 August 2003
Motion co-ordinator features Flash
module upgrades
Offering up to five axes of servo or stepper control, plus three virtual axes, the MC206 motion co-ordinator from Trio Motion Technology features innovations such as the use of Memory Stick modules.
Offering up to five axes of servo or stepper control, plus three virtual axes, the MC206 motion co-ordinator from Trio Motion Technology combines a host of powerful features with innovations such as the use of Memory Stick serial Flash modules Facilitating the transfer of programs without the need for a PC connection, the Memory Stick will be of particular benefit to OEMs, greatly simplifying machine replication and servicing
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Apr 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Highly compact, the DIN-rail mounting MC206 motion co-ordinator is based on Trio's high performance 32bit DSP technology, and offers four axes of stepper or servo control as standard, with an expansion port provided for the fifth axis or for any of Trio's other daughterboard options.
The daughter boards add various servo and machine control functions, or a range of communications interfaces.
Easily programmed using Trio's established multitasking Basic language, the MC206 is suited to applications such as linear, circular, and helical interpolation, cam profiles, software gearboxes, linked movement, axis superimposition and hardware registration.
As standard the MC206 provides 16 optoisolated digital I/Os - eight inputs and eight bidirectional lines.
High-speed hardware registration inputs are available for each axis for accurate control of print and packaging lines.
As standard the MC206 provides communications interfaces for Modbus and DeviceNet, with options for Profibus and Ethernet via the daughterboard expansion port.
Also standard are two RS232 ports, one RS485 port and one serial adapter port.
Digital drive communications options include Sercos, CAN and SLM.
Taking advantage of the daughterboard concept makes the MC206 an extremely versatile controller, allowing the product to be closely tailored to any given application, or providing a ready upgrade path as the requirements of the application evolve.
Some fifteen different daughter boards are already available with new boards being continually added to the range.
The MC206 can be supplied with any combination of servo or stepper axes pre-enabled.
Any axis not used in hardware can be used as a virtual axis for camming, on-the-fly registration adjust, and linking motion. Request a free brochure from Unimatic Engineers ...
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