ORMEC Generation III DC DIVER

The ORMEC Generation III Model 20 & 40 Motion Controllers are industrially hardened computers designed especially for high performance control of automation using servomotors. They are fully compatible with ORMEC’s lines of brushless servomotors and drives. At the heart of both the Model 20 and 40 is a 12-Mhz Intel 80C186 main processor. It is interfaced through dual-ported "shared memory" to DSP Axis Modules which are controlled by Texas Instruments Digital Signal Processors operating at 40 Mhz. This powerful architecture provides the foundation for general purpose motion control programmed in ORMEC’s industrialized superset of Microsoft BASIC called MotionBASIC® . The combination of a main processor from Intel’s premier family of microprocessors and Digital Signal Processors for axis control provides speed and performance while maintaining the ease-of-use associated with interpreted BASIC. The Model 20 provides two PC-AT style I/O slots and is designed for systems which have between 11/2 and 4 axes of motion control. For 11/2 to 2 axis systems, the second slot can be used for various communications options such as a video controller, a PLC network interface or additional serial interfaces. The Model 20 can provide 21/2 to 4 axes of control for many applications. Examples of this are systems interfaced via ModbusTM or an MMI-840 Industrial Terminal, which provides an 8-line by 40-character display. The Model 40 provides four PC-AT style I/O slots and is designed for systems which have between 21/2 and 8 axes of motion control. Generation III motion controllers provide electronic gearing for a virtually unlimited number of servomotors using ORMEC’s proprietary MotionDATATM communications capability. This feature can be used to either closely coordinate the motion of multiple servomotors with each other, or coordinate some number of servomotors with the motion of an external pacer encoder.