Motion controllers

Motion controllers can be divided into 4 basic types: chip-level, board-level, box-level, and dedicated controllers. Devices in each of these categories play a different part in motion control. Motion controllers built up from integrated circuits (IC) frequently use single-chip microcontrollers as t...

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Published in:Machine design Vol. 61; no. 12; pp. 68 - 78
Format: Magazine Article
Language:English
Published: Nashville Penton Media, Inc., Penton Business Media, Inc. and their subsidiaries 01.06.1989
Endeavor Business Media
Subjects:
Board
Buses
Circuits
Control systems
Controllers
Counting
Equipment and supplies
Incremental motion control
Input output
Integrated circuits
Motion control
Programmable controllers
Programmable logic controllers
Programmable sequence controllers
Sequence controllers, Programmable
Software
Timing
ISSN:0024-9114, 1944-9577
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Summary:Motion controllers can be divided into 4 basic types: chip-level, board-level, box-level, and dedicated controllers. Devices in each of these categories play a different part in motion control. Motion controllers built up from integrated circuits (IC) frequently use single-chip microcontrollers as the primary source of computing power. Manufacturers have also developed special-purpose ICs to handle tasks needed to implement both closed-loop motion control and motor speed control. Board-level motion controllers generally contain one or more circuit boards mounted in a card rack chassis. Several commercially available board-level computers are targeted specifically at servocontrol. In some facilities, computers called cell controllers provide coordination among individual workstations and computer-controlled machines. Programmable logic controllers are computer-based equivalents of relay panels that direct the operating sequences of processes or machines.
ISSN:0024-9114
1944-9577