New ION®/CME Digital Drive Provides High Speed Execution of Application Code Written in C/C++

Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD) announces the latest advance in its ION family of digital motion drives. The ION/CME provides a dedicated CME (C-Motion Engine) that runs user application code directly on the ION drive itself. This new feature enables standalone operation and high performance motion control applications for medical, semiconductor, laboratory automation and general purpose automation.

C-Motion® Engine

The embedded code execution capability is made possible by an ultra-high speed dedicated code execution module on the ION called the C-Motion® Engine. Running with a base configuration of 96 MIPs (millions of instructions per second), the C-Motion Engine can handle a wide range of tasks including management of time-critical digital and analog I/O signals, interfacing to touch panels and other operator interface hardware, peripheral management such as cameras, high speed sensors, and general purpose high speed synchronization with other drives.

Software program development is greatly simplified via PMD's C-Motion development environment, which includes an extensive library of motion control code, with many complete examples available to customize and build upon. C-Motion enables machine designers to quickly program motion for demanding applications using standard C/C++ programming.

Additional Information on the ION Digital Drive

PMD’s extensive line of ION Digital Drives provides high performance motion control supporting DC brush, brushless DC, step, and microstepping motors. They are based on PMD's Magellan® Motion Processor, which provides user-selectable profile modes including S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, and electronic gearing. Drive power operation for the ION/CME products is from 12V to 56V, with total power ratings depending on motor configuration of 500 watts and above.

ION/CME drives communicate via UDP and TCP over 10/100T Ethernet networks, as well as RS232, RS485 serial and CANbus networks. System setup and programming is provided via PMD’s ProMotion software suite which provides an easy setup Axis Wizard, axis auto-tuning, numerous control screens, and high speed trace performance optimization tools.

Features Overview of the ION/CME:

• DC brush, BLDC & step motor versions
• Ethernet, CANbus or serial communications
• S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, electronic gearing profiles
• 500 W or 3000 W power rating
• Field oriented control

About

Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD) provides innovative and high performance chip, card and drive-based motion control solutions to OEMs worldwide. With over 5 million installed axes, PMD has the motion control expertise to simplify customers' designs and lower overall costs. PMD products are used to control brush, brushless and stepping motors in the medical, commercial and industrial markets. For additional information, visit www.pmdcorp.com.