This board can be installed into a PCI bus host computer or used as a standalone motion controller. When combined with the appropriate accessory ACC-8x, it provides four axes of analog ±10V, digital, or pulse and direction amplifier command signals. This board can control up to 32 axes when adding the necessary channels provided by optional ACC-24P2 boards. The PC can communicate to PMAC through the PCI slot or through a RS-232 or RS-422 serial port if standalone operation (i.e. without a PC) is desired.
HARDWARE FEATURES
80 MHz DSP56303 CPU (120 MHz PMAC equivalent) (fast internal memory for 1st 15 axes servo & commutation)
128K x 24 SRAM compiled/assembled program memory (5C0) (for firmware, compiled PLCs, user-written servo & phase)
128K x 24 SRAM user data memory (5C0) (for motion & uncompiled PLC progs, variables, tables, buffers)
1M x 8 flash memory for user backup & firmware (5C0)
Latest released firmware version
RS-232 serial interface, PCI bus interface
4 channels axis interface circuitry, each including:
3 output command signal sets, configurable as either:
1) 2 serial data streams to external DACs, 1 pulse-and-direction.
2) 3 PWM top-and-bottom pairs
2) 3-channel (AB quad with index) differential/single-ended encoder input
3) 9 input flags, 2 output flags
4) Interface to 2 external serial ADCs, 8 to 18 bits