HARD
SOFT
WARE
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Industrial Motion Control
COST & PERFORMANCE COMPARED Can software-based motion control compete with the traditional hardware approach?
LET’S FIND OUT
THE SCENARIO An OEM produces a machine controller that requires 8 axes of servo motion control
THE T R AD IT I O N A L A P P ROAC H
THE A LTE RNATIV E A P PR OACH
{ KINGSTAR Soft Motion }
THE SET-UP
THE SET-UP
Commercial-Grade PC DSP-based Board
Industrial-Grade PC
Breakout Panel & Cable
Real-time Operating System, like RTX64
Software & Library Provided By Hardware Vendor
EtherCAT Cables
Encoder Cables
Encoder Cables
Control Cables
Hall Effect Cables
Hall Effect Cables
Motor Cables
Motor Cables
Power Cables
Power Cables
THE SITUATION
THE SITUATION
Limited number o f a x e s c o n t ro l l e d p e r D S P b o a rd
PC & Amplifier(s) m u s t b e fa r a way f ro m m o to rs
Co n t ro l u n l i m i t e d number of axes
A b i l i ty to m o u n t a m p l i fi e rs c l o s e to m o to rs
C ro w d e d a n d complex cabling or need for b re a ko u t b o a rd
Te d i o u s a n d e r ro r- p ro n e cable att a c h m e n t s
U s e s s t a n d a rd CAT 5 cables – less ex p e n s i v e , a v a i l a b l e in any length
Ca b l e s c o n n e c t d i re c t l y t o amplifier m i n i m i z e s e r ro r
Ve r y l o n g a n d v e r y ex p e n s i v e c a b l e s
Ve n d o r l o c k- i n
A l l c a b l e s a re n o w s h o rt e r re d u c e s c o s t
Digital signals instead of analog output
THE BREAKDOWN
COSTS COMPARED HARDWARE (DSP BOARD)
SOFTWARE (KINGSTAR Soft Motion)
Amplifier EtherCAT Interface
EtherCAT Interface
Min EtherCAT Length (ft)
PERFORMANCE COMPARED { KINGSTAR Soft Motion }
PERFORMANCE Q UA L I TY CO M P L E X I TY O F CA LC U L AT I O N S U P DAT E R AT E S UPGRADES T I M E -TO - M A R K E T F L E X I B I L I TY AG I L I TY S CA L A B I L I TY “ P LU G - A N D - P L AY ” CA PA B I L I TY
T H E R E S U LT S
S O F T WA R E
re d u c e s t h e D S P- b a s e d h a rd w a re c o s t b y
56%
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