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Motion Controller ProductsProgrammable Multi-Channel Solid State Power Controllers by Sensitron  Sensitron's Programmable Multi-Channel Solid State Power Controllers is a six-channel, microcontroller based, Solid State module designed to be used in aircraft and vehicle 28V DC applications, with no heat sinking required! ...More >> Sensitron offers Three Phase Fully Integrated Torque Motor Controllers  Controllers available from 40V to 600V and 5A to 60ASensitron is a leading hi-rel manufacturer of power solutions. Sensitron serves the complete spectrum of reliability markets including space, civil & military aircraft, missile control & weapon systems & medical devices. ...More >> Parker Releases Aries Controller
OEM Servo Motor Controller with CAN by QuickSilver Controls  QuickSilver has added a CAN option to its smallest (2"/52mm x 2.5"/63mm) most cost effective servo motor controller. CAN can be configured for peer-to-peer, master or slave which allows the controllers to share I/O and registers with other CANopen enabled SilverDust controllers or 3rd party CANopen devices (i.e. I/O blocks, encoders, PLCs...). For a multi-axis system, connect several MG-Cs, make one the master and let the others receive motion commands over CAN.
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Maxon Motor Offers its New EPOS2 Intelligent Positioning Controller  At the right place at the right time. Maxon Motor launches a new intelligent positioning controller. A 2nd generation of the family of intelligent positioning controllers EPOS (Easy to use POSitioning System) is already emerging. EPOS2 is the name of the new product from the maxon motor control range - a digital positioning controller designed to control brush and brushless DC motors with encoder. ...More >> FREEDOM SERIES Single Axis Motion Control System by Maxon  Maxon’s Freedom Series is a user friendly, motion control development tool designed to eliminate the confusion often associated with motion systems integration. ...More >>Galil Motion Control Releases 2008 Product Catalog  Galil Motion Control, an industry pioneer in motion control technology, offers their new product catalog that has been updated for 2008 with comprehensive technical specs and pricing on all their motion controllers and drives. The new 96-page catalog features Galil’s popular Ethernet and PCI motion controllers which are available in Econo or Accelera versions. Galil’s latest generation Accelera controllers offer the highest speed performance—processing commands 10 times faster than prior generation controllers. ...More >>Piezo Beam Steering Mirror Platforms Provide Larger Angles, High Bandwidth & Stability  PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. — a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and piezo-based precision motion-control equipment for bio-nanotechnology, photonics and semiconductor applications has extended the S-330 high-dynamics piezo tip/tilt platform family by several new large-angle models. Features & Advantages:
DC Motor - New RoHS Compliant Brushless DC Motor and Box Driver  Oriental Motor USA Corp. introduces the new BLU speed control package composed of a brushless dc motor and a cased driver with power supply. The motor can be connected easily by plugging the motor connector into the driver. The motor speed can be directly set using the potentiometer control knob located on the front panel. The power supply line up is available in 115 vac single phase, 230 vac single phase, and 230 vac three phase. ...More >>Low Cost Motion Control Cards Deliver High-Speed Motion Trace  The ProdigyTM Motion Cards from Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD), provide real-time, high-speed servo trace capture with 40 KB onboard dual-port memory. This advanced trace feature allows up to four motion variables to be stored at the same time. ...More >>Motion Controller - MICOS PC based Stepper Controller and Driver  MICOS USA, a leading supplier of precision motion control technology, announces the introduction of the SMC-PCI controller/driver package. The SMC-PCI card integrates a three axis, high resolution micro-stepping driver and a DSP based motion controller making it a perfect low-cost control solution for the wide range of MICOS high-precision stages as well as third party motors and stages. ...More >>Motion Controller - Enables Picometer Positioning Resolution  PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. — a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and piezo-based precision motion-control equipment for bio-nanotechnology, photonics and semiconductor applications — introduces the new E-755 ultra-high-resolution motion controller. The controller is designed to drive NEXLINE® linear motor actuators and enables the combination of long travel ranges and picometer resolution.
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Motion Controller - Parker Releases ETHERNET Powerlink Motionbus System  Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division, a leading supplier of motion control technology, is pleased to announce that a selection of its motion control products are now enabled with ETHERNET Powerlink motionbus technology to increase system performance while decreasing overall system cost and installation time. Parker's ETHERNET Powerlink- enabled products include the ACR9030 and ACR9040 multi-axis EPL controllers and three power levels of the Aries EPL servo drives.
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Motion Control - Galil Ships 500,000th Motion Controller  Galil Motion Control, an industry pioneer in motion control technology, announced that it has reached a major milestone in its 24 year history by shipping its 500,000th motion controller. Ever since Galil opened for business in 1983 when it designed and shipped the world’s first servo motion controller, the Company has produced five generations of controllers, including its newest and fastest generation, The Accelera Series. Chairman of the Board and Co-founder Jacob Tal attributes Galil’s success over the years by working side-by-side with customers
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Motor Controller - Motion Coordinator Controllers, Software and Accessories  Trio releases new comprehensive Product Catalog! Trio has just release a new Product Catalog highlighting the full range of Motion Coordinator controllers, software and accessories. The catalog has detailed information on products such as the MC206X, Euro205X, MC224, and newly released MC302X controllers.
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Motion Controller - Multi-Axis Motion Controllers and Drives  The Festo SEC-AC-SMLC Multi-Axis Controllers is at the center of a complete solution that can meet all of your motion control, logic, and I/O needs. The SMLC is a fully-integrated control solution providing hardware and software building blocks that are engineered to easily plug together and work as a system. This allows engineers to focus on solving their application instead of integrating motion control components.
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Motor Controller - Stepper Motor, Controller and Driver in a Compact Package  MICOS USA, a leading supplier of precision motion control technology, announces the introduction of the SMC-Pollux motor/controller/driver package to the North American market. The SMC-Pollux integrates a 2 phase stepper motor with a micro-stepping driver and a DSP based motion controller. The motion controller utilizes a multi-drop serial interface that allows daisy chaining of up to 16 axes.
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Motor Controller - DMC-40x0 Controller with Ethernet/RS232  Galil Motion Control, manufacturer of high-performance motion controllers and plug-in drives, announces their new DMC-40x0 Ethernet/RS232 controller family, the latest addition to its ultra high-speed Accelera controllers. This augments Galil's DMC-18x6 PCI controllers which spearheaded the launch of the successful Accelera series last year. The Accelera series represents Gal! il's 5th generation of motion controllers which are notable for their powerful, 32-bit RISC-based microcomputer that delivers much higher speed and p rocessing power than previous generation controllers.
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Maxon's EPOS P 24/5 Position Controller is a Fully Programmable, Stand-alone Motion Control in a Compact Package  Maxon's new EPOS P 24/5 is a programmable digital motion controller capable of position, velocity, and current mode. After initial programming, the EPOS P 24/5 may be operated as a stand-alone position controller, or used to control other non-programmable EPOS units, resulting in a cost-effective multi-axis control system. The small package size and cost-efficient design makes the EPOS P 24/5 an ideal choice for controlling small brush or brushless motors. Dimensions are 105 X 83 X 24 mm (4.2 X 3.3 X .9 in) and weight is approximately 180 g (6.4 oz).
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Motion Control - Trio's MC302X Small DIN Rail Mounted Motion Controller is based on Its Latest ARM Processor Technology  Based on Its Latest ARM Processor Technology The MC302X has been designed to provide a compact, cost effective solution for OEM applications. The unit features two axes, the first of which can be configured in software for either servo (with encoder feedback) or high-speed stepper control, up to 2MHz output. The second axis may be either a reference encoder or a stepper axis. The differential line driver stepper outputs can be configured for simulated quadrature encoder outputs to synchronize multiple units.
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LSI Computer Systems, Inc., offers two new brushless DC motor controllers, the LS7560N and LS7561N. These new lCs are designed to control three or four phase brushless DC motors and single phase brushless DC motors in open or closed loop configurations. Implemented in CMOS Silicon Gate, these controllers are feature rich and cost effective. Operational features include open or closed loop speed control, electrical sensor separation selection, dynamic or PWM dynamic braking, fault detection and indication, overcurrent sensing, direction controls, enable input, PWM select for both top and bottom drivers or bottom drivers only, and top driver polarity select.
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Trio Motion CoordinatorTM Servo and Stepper Controllers Trio Motion Technology, a world class engineering and manufacturing company of multi-axis motion controls, introduces an EtherNet/IP interface to its popular Motion CoordinatorTM servo and stepper controllers. Trio’s EtherNet/IP daughter board allows connection of any Trio servo or stepper controller, handling 1-24 axes, to a master PLCs’ and other devices supporting Ethernet Common Industrial Protocol (CIP™) — the same upper-layer protocol and object model found in DeviceNet. Trio’s EtherNet/IP extends the company’s field bus communication offering to use off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware for industrial networking. The EtherNet/IP protocol can run along side standard TCP/IP bringing together plant floor automation and office networks. EtherNet/IP capability gives Trio customers a popular connectivity option to PLC and other master devices supporting the protocol. |
Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division, a leading supplier of motion control technology, announces the release of the Aries Controller single-axis servo drive/controller. The Aries Controller combines the versatile and cost-effective Aries digital servo platform with the advanced control capabilities of the ACR servo controller.
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment for photonics, semiconductor and life science applications, introduces the world’s first PCI-bus digital nanopositioning controller for closed-loop piezoelectric positioners & scanners. The new E-761 motion controller is designed to provide more flexibility and better overall value than any other digital piezo controller on the market today. Features & Advantages: Controls 3 Logical Axes of Closed-Loop Piezo Nanopositioning Systems with Capacitive Position Feedback. PCI Interface for High Throughput and Precise Motion Synchronization with Frame Grabbers and Other Peripheral Devices. Four On-Board Piezo-Drivers, no External Amps Required
•Up to six integrated drives in one stand-alone controller •Coordinate motion of up to five independent tasks •Drive and control linear or rotary brushless, DC brush servo, and microstepping motors •Program in AeroBASICTM with the HMI/IDE, Microsoft .NET including C#, VB.NET®, Managed C++, Native MFC C++, or LabVIEW® over Ethernet or USB from Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP •Remote ASCII interface provided for Windows® or non-Windows® programs (including Linux) to command the Epaq through standard Ethernet, RS-232 port, and optional IEEE-488 The Ensemble Epaq is Aerotech’s next-generation, stand-alone controller for applications from basic laboratory experimentation and general purpose positioning to advanced OEM systems.
Physik Instrumente (PI) has been awarded a contract by Vertex Antenna Systems, a daughter of General Dynamics C4 Systems, to provide 25 six-axis hexapod alignment systems and motion controllers. These custom high-precision micropositioning systems will be employed to align the secondary reflectors in 25 twelve-meter telescopes - the North American portion of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Project (ALMA) radio telescope. ALMA is an international joint effort to build the world's most sensitive radio telescope, in Chile's Atacama Desert, 16,500 feet above sea level. Eventually, an array of up to 64 antennas will work together as one giant virtual telescope and provide a spatial resolution 10 times higher than the Hubble Space Telescope.
Intelligent motion controller increases flexibility by providing network connectivity via CANBus or serial port Performance Motion Devices, a world leader in motion control technology, announces the NEW ION™ DC Brush Drive. This fully enclosed, compact module is the second in PMD’s NEW family of high performance motion control drives providing network connectivity, power amplification and advanced motion control features in a rugged, easy to use package. ION is available for DC brush, brushless DC and microstepping motors, and is ideal for medical, scientific, semiconductor, industrial, robotic and general automation applications. Based on PMD’s high performance Magellan™ Motion Processor, the ION DC Brush Drive provides high-performance, low cost distributed control in an asynchronous serial network (RS485) version or a CANBus network version.
Packing an exceptionally flexible controller and 250/500 VA output stage into an ultra-compact case, Compumotor’s new ViX is a truly intelligent servo drive. 
The Trio Motion Module (TMM) is a compact motion controller based on Trio’s proven high performance 32 bit DSP technology. It incorporates all of the flexible motion commands of Trio’s larger Motion Coordinators. It has been designed to be integrated inside your digital drive provide a compact, cost effective solution for OEM applications.
The Trio MC202 is a compact DIN rail mounted motion controller based on Trio’s proven high performance 32-bit DSP technology. It has been designed to provide a compact, cost effective solution for OEM applications. The MC202 features two axes, the first of which can be configured in software for either servo (with encoder feedback) or stepper control. The second axis may be either a reference encoder or a stepper axis.
Trio Motion Technology, a leader in the design of modular motion controllers announces the next generation of its Motion CoordinatorTM Series - the MC206.
