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ION Digital Drive Motion Control Overview


ION digital dc brush motor, brushless dc motor, step motor drive.

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Features: ION® Digital Motor Drive for Step, DC Brush, and Brushless DC Motors

For more detailed information, please contact PMD at 781.674.9860 or by email at info@pmdcorp.com

Product Description: ION® Digital Drive

The ION® Digital Drive is a compact, fully enclosed module that provides high performance motion control, network connectivity and power amplification for DC brush, brushless DC or step motors. Using advanced MOSFETs and surface mount technology, ION provides very high power density in a rugged, flexible form factor. It performs profile generation, servo compensation, stall detection, field oriented control, digital torque control and many other motion control functions.

The single axis ION drive is based on the Magellan™ Motion Processor, and provides CANBus and serial communications. It is ideal for medical, scientific, semiconductor, automation, industrial and robotic applications.

User selectable profiling modes include S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring and electronic gearing. The ION Digital Drive accepts commands over the network such as position, velocity, acceleration and jerk from the host and generates a corresponding trajectory on-the-fly. Servo loop compensation utilizes a full 32-bit position error, PID with velocity and acceleration feedforward, integration limit and dual biquad filters for sophisticated control of complex loads. Additional features include limit switches, breakpoints, secondary encoder input for master-slave and electronic gearing applications, as well as general purpose inputs and outputs.

The ION’s Magellan Motion Processor provides a flexible and powerful instruction set to initialize and control the motion application, monitor performance, and synchronize overall drive behavior. Working with the ION Digital Drive, PMD’s powerful Pro-Motion® GUI makes it easy to graph and analyze system performance, while C-Motion® and VB-Motion allow you to develop your own application using C/C++ or Visual BASIC.

  • Enhanced Magellan® instruction set
  • Complete single axis motion module
  • All digital drive
  • DC brush motor control, brushless DC motor and step motor versions
  • CANbus or serial communications
  • S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, electronic gearing profiles
  • Pulse & direction (ION 3000  model only)
  • Compact, powerful package
  • Up to 500 W or 3000 W rating 
  • Up to 20 A continuous, up to 30 A peak current
  • 12-56 volt or 20-195 volt single power source
  • High-efficiency MOSFETs
  • 40 kHz PWM frequency
  • 102 µsec servo loop rate
  • Auxiliary encoder input supports gearing & dual loop applications
  • Position, velocity and current loops
  • Field oriented control
  • Sinusoidal commutation
  • Stall detection & auto current reduction
  • Includes Pro-Motion, C-Motion and VB-Motion software
  • Separately programmable acceleration and deceleration value changes on-the-fly
  • Advanced PID filter with velocity and acceleration feedforward
  • Programmable dual biquad filters

Product Description: ION® Digital Drive

ION® Digital Drives are compact, fully enclosed modules that provide high performance motion control, network connectivity and power amplification. Two power output levels are available, the ION 500 is rated at 500 Watts and the ION 3000 is rated at 3000 Watts. Various ION models are available to drive brushless DC motor models, DC brush motor control, and step motors.

High Power Density

Using advanced MOSFETs and surface mount technology, ION provides very high power density in a rugged, flexible form factor. It performs profile generation, servo motor compensation, stall detection, field oriented motor control, digital torque control and many other motion control functions. ION drives provide CANBus or serial communications and are ideal for medical, scientific, semiconductor, automation, industrial and robotic applications. User selectable profiling modes include S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring and electronic gearing. Ideal for dc brush motor control, step motor control, or DC brush motor control.

Advanced Motion Control Feature Set

The ION Digital Drive accepts commands over the network such as position, velocity, acceleration and jerk from the host and generates a corresponding trajectory on-the-fly. Servo loop compensation utilizes a full 32-bit position error, PID with velocity and acceleration feedforward, integration limit and dual bi-quad filters for sophisticated control of complex loads. Additional features include limit switches, breakpoints, secondary encoder input for masterslave and electronic gearing applications, as well as general purpose inputs and outputs.

Built on the Magellan™ Motion Control Processor

ION’s Magellan Motion Processor provides a powerful instruction set to initialize and control the motion application, monitor performance, and synchronize overall drive behavior. Working with the ION Digital Drive, PMD’s powerful Pro-Motion® GUI makes it easy to graph and analyze system performance, while C-Motion® and VB-Motion® allow you to develop your own application using C/C++ or Visual BASIC.

For more resources on DC brush motor drive models, dc brush motor control, or brushless dc motor model motion control, check out our Motion Control Articles.

 

 

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