AMT-PCI-MC4 Stepper and Servo Controller

Product Description

It's Easy...... It's Quick....... It's Flexible
A custom-built motion control system in no time!

Motion Control Products New PCI MOTION CONTROL CARD AMT-PCI-MC4 and GNC LITE FOR WINDOWS software will allow you to quickly build a control system to your own specific needs. The flexibility to offer you a simple single axis control or multi axis motion control system. The user friendly operator interface is created using a selection of fonts, colour's and bitmaps giving a unique custom feel. Displaying as much or as little information as you choose, making operator training quick and easy.

APPLICATIONS

Automatic welding systems
Plasma Profile cutting
Woodworking
Engraving
Laser cutting
Water jet cutting
Glue laying
Automatic stitching
Lathe and Miller controls
Wire and Tube bending
Glass cutting
Robotics

PCI MOTION CONTROL

Motion Controls latest PC based 32 bit PCI motion control card AMT-PCI-MC4 is a truly industrial motion control board with ground braking features and price performance. The card has both four axes of servo and four axes of stepper control, with upto 16 digital outputs and 16 digital inputs and all come with a high level of protection against noise. The control card can also have fitted an optional dual CAN interface and upto four channels of analog input. This AMT-PCI-MC4-S is supplied with Windows drivers and a DLL for customers who want to create there own Windows applications or Amtech's own GNC for Windows control software can be purchased.

GNC FEATURES

Servo / Stepper control
Full linear, circular & helical interpolation
Continuous non-stop contouring, with look ahead for corners and small radius
GNC language with over 50 commands
Full colour animated graphical simulation
Fully configurable user interface
Variable and parameter programming
Nested subroutines and conditional repeat loops
CAD/CAM Interface with DXF & HPGL input (Not GNC Lite)
Easy to use program editor

DXF and HPGL Interface (Not GNC Lite)

Because the speed of part program generation is one of the most important parts of an efficient control system; GNC comes with a DXF or HPGL interface program converter. This allows CAD systems to interface directly to GNC. You can produce a DXF or HPGL file on your CAD system and then pass it to GNC for immediate conversion, allowing the operator to select a start point and directions. GNC will also allow the automatic addition of a 3rd dimension such as the raising or lowering of a cutting head, thus converting a 2D CAD drawing into a 21/2D program.

The Technical Data

32 bit PCI motion control Card
4 axes of stepper control
4 axes of servo control (4 x 16 bit DAC's with 10 volts reference), (4 x Encoder input channels 15bit Up/down counter
16 digital inputs
Upto 16 digital outputs (Each stepper axis requires 2 digital outputs)
4 axes encoder input channels (4,000,000 quadrature counts per second), (15bit Up/down counters used to maintain position registers)
Watch Dog Timer (capable of resetting the onboard logic to a safe power up state on a processor lockup.
Analogue Inputs Upto 4 optional 12-bit ADC input channels
Dual CAN interface. Two optional independent CAN channels

You will need the below accessories to go with AMT-PCI-MC4 card as the complete kit: