Date: 25/01/2010

2-axis motion-control PCI card from Advantech for stepping and pulse-type servo motors

Advantech has released the PCI-1220U, a new 2-axis motion control PCI card for stepping and pulse-type servo motors. The PCI-1220U have all the features of the PCI-1240U (4-axis Stepping and Servo Motor Control Universal PCI Card), and also includes hardware-driven linear and circular axis interpolation that ensure simultaneous movement across both axes, even when using multiple cards.

The key features of the PCI-1220U card are,


Programmable T/S-curve acceleration/deceleration rates
Constant speed control, hand wheel and jog functions, up to 4 MPPS output for each axis Two pulse output types (CW/CCW or pulse/direction), up to 1 MHz encoder input for each axis
Two encoder pulse input types (A/B phase and up/down)
A BoardID switch, and position management and software limit switch functions

The PCI-1220U uses the same common library as PCI-1240U, which allows to develop a system that allows both cards to work in conjunction under one programming environment with high flexibility. For advanced applications, Windows DLL drivers and user-friendly examples can be provided to decrease programming load.

For more details visit www.advantech.com