Chip based motion controllers address medical, electronic and testing applications
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Inmoco has introduced the Magellan family of motion control processors from Performance Motion devices (PMD), to provide high performance chip-based motion control in scientific, automation, industrial and robotic applications.
The Magellan processors in combination with PMD's Pro-Motion and C-Motion development software, are said to provide over 20 features to improve OEM machine designs and reduce time-to-market.
The Magellan motion control processors are available in 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis versions for the control of dc brush, brushless dc, microstepping, and pulse/direction motors. According to Inmoco, they are complete integrated motion control ICs, requiring only an external amplifier to be functional.
With its integrated design, Magellan is the core motion control component in a wide variety of applications across industries that require very high position accuracy, reliability and stability. It is at the heart of machines such as clinical blood analysers, semiconductor wafer handling equipment, surface inspection systems, and three-dimensional printing systems. According to Inmoco, each of these applications is made faster and more accurate by incorporating the Magellan motion control processor.
The Magellan units are driven by a host, using either an 8 or 16bit parallel bus, CANBus 2.0B, or an asynchronous serial port. User-selectable profiling modes include S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring and electronic gearing. Servo loop compensation utilises a full 32bit position error, PID with velocity and acceleration feedforward, integration limit, and dual bi-quad filters for sophisticated motion control of complex loads.
Two versions of Magellan are available from Inmoco: the multi-motor MC58000 series controls dc brush, brushless dc, microstepping and the MC55000 series controls pulse & direction motors.
