06/21/07 |
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IC delivers fast PWM generation for motor control applications |
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40 kHz PWM output lowers torque ripple and improves smoothness. |
05/03/07 |
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7-segment S-curve profile generation increases smoothness, reduces wear, speeds transfer times. |
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The Magellan Family of Motion Control ICs with 7-segment s-curve profile generation. Available in 1, 2, 3, and 4 axis versions, these flexible, programmable chips provide users additional control required to eliminate oscillation and reduce vibration for smoother motion and higher throughput. Compared to 3-segment trapezoidal profiles, 7-segment s-curve profiles reduce the change in acceleration, resulting in less wear and tear on the system and faster transfer times. |
04/09/07 |
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Motion control developer's kit awarded to the University of Western Ontario for use in developing a new control system for surgical robots. |
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PMD provides the Magellan Developer's Kit to The University of Western Ontario for implementing a new control system for the ZEUS™ Master Slave Surgical Robotic System |
02/06/07 |
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Distributed Drive Eliminates Components and Lowers Cost of Motion Control System |
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Distributed architecture simplifies design, eliminates components, and lowers cost for DC brush, brushless DC, and microstepping control. |
12/07/06 |
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Motion Control IC Provides Advanced Stall Detection for Step Motors |
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The Magellan MC55110 monitors position and alerts users to unsafe condition |
11/01/06 |
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New Motion Card Delivers Price/Performance Breakthrough |
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Low-cost, easy-to-use Prodigy-PCI from PMD delivers high-performance multi-axis motion control for DC brush, brushless DC, microstepping, and step motors. |
10/13/06 |
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New Motion Card Delivers High-Performance at Reduced Cost |
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New cost-engineered Prodigy-PC/104 from PMD provides board level, multi-axis motion control for DC brush, brushless DC, microstepping, and step motors. |
08/31/06 |
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New Developer's Kit Increases Flexibility, Decreases Development Time |
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Motion Control Module Developer's Kit Makes Setting Up and Testing Motion Systems Quick and Accurate |
06/14/06 |
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New Education Partnership Provides Free Motion Control Products for Academic Research |
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PMD's iBot competition encourages and rewards
innovative designs and research using motion control.
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06/02/06 |
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Motion Control Software Provides Auto Tuning Capabilities |
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Eliminate guesswork in tuning position loop and current loop in motion systems |
05/11/06 |
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Motion Control IC Increases Motor Performance at High Velocity |
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Field oriented control is a math-intensive technique that improves motor efficiency and increases performance for brushless DC motors |
04/17/06 |
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Motion Control ICs Provide Automatic Machine Monitoring |
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PMD's Magellan Motion Processors deliver a programmable mechanism to monitor performance |
03/06/06 |
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Motion Control Software Provides Support for Entire Development Team
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Rapidly set up, tune and test motion control systems with PMD's Pro-Motion Motion Control Software |
02/01/06 |
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New Microstepping Drive Provides up to 5 Amps Continuous Current |
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ION Microstepping Drive offers up to 256 µsteps/step resolution and precise current control |
01/04/06 |
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New DC Brush Drive Provides Distributed Motion Control Solution |
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Intelligent motion controller increases flexibility by providing network connectivity via CANBus or serial port |
11/21/05 |
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Digital Drive Provides Advanced Single-Axis
Motion Control
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ION Brushless DC Drive delivers all-digital motion control, network connectivity and power amplification in a compact, low-cost module |
10/31/05 |
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Brushless Servo Motor Control Developer's Kit Increases Performance With On-Board MOSFETS |
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High-efficiency amplifiers boost speed and performance in motion system development |
10/25/05 |
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PMD's PCI Motion Control Card Provides Ultra-Fast Servo Loop Rate |
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Motion controller increases speed while lowering costs
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08/05/05 |
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Single-Axis Motion Control IC Offers Advanced Motion System Capabilities |
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Magellan IC reduces cost, shortens design time |
06/29/05 |
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Developer's Kit Provides Multi-Axis, Multi-Motor Motion Control |
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Magellan Developer's Kit shortens design time for sophisticated motion control applications |
06/10/05 |
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Motion Control Software Provides .NET Compatible Objects
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VB-Motion™ simplifies motion control application design using a VB.NET compatible set of COM objects.
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04/30/05 |
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Motor Control IC Provides Precision Velocity Control for Brushless Servo Motors
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Velocity averaging, advanced torque control and high performance algorithms improve brushless DC motion control applications. |
03/31/05 |
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Motion Control Card Adds Advanced Motion Control Features |
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Dual biquad filters at the output of the PID loop can emulate a large variety of filters, providing reduced resonance, faster transfers and more precise motor control |
02/28/05 |
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Motion Control IC with Servo Trace Capability |
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The Magellan™ Family of Motion Processors features real-time servo trace capture. This advanced trace capability improves servo tuning performance, optimizes motion trajectories, and can be used to capture time sensitive data.
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02/07/05 |
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Motor Control IC Provides Digital Current Loop
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The MC73110 is ideal for building high performance, low-cost brushless motor amplifiers. It can be used in applications such as medical automation, centrifuges, tape drives, machine tools, scientific instrumentation, semiconductor equipment, HVAC, pumps and compressors and general automation.
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01/07/05 |
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CANBus Motion Processor IC |
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World's first programmable motion ICs to provide CANBus interface. Multi-axis, Mult-motor configurations. Programmable PID filter with velocity & acceleration feedforward, 32-bit position error, dual bi-quad filters, 50 uSec loop time & multi-axis synchronization. |
11/19/04 |
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PC/104 Card Delivers High-Performance Motion Control |
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NEW Magellan™ PC/104 Motion Controller. Available in 1, 2, 3 and 4-axis versions, this card provides advanced motion control features including trajectory generation, servo loop closure, quadrature signal input, motor output signal generation, performance trace, on-the-fly changes, commutation, and much more. |
10/22/04 |
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Developer's Kit Enables High Performance Motor Controllers |
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The MC73110 Developer's Kit provides the user with a platform with which an application can be developed, motors can be tested, and software can be verified. It exercises all features of the MC73110 Motor Control IC, drives a 3-phase, single-axis brushless motor at up to 10 amps, inputs analog or digital command signals, and accepts a single voltage high-power input. It can also be used to develop a custom amplifier using external high-power switching circuits. |
07/01/04 |
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Magellan™-PCI Motion Controller Delivers Advanced Features |
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Designed with PMD’s ultra-high performance Magellan™ Motion Processor, the Magellan-PCI allows designers to create cost-effective, high performance motion systems using standard C or C++ programming. Card features include S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, electronic gearing, and user-generated profile modes. |
06/15/04 |
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New Developer's Kit Decreases Time, Increases Flexibility for Designers. |
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This integrated board and software package allows designers to evaluate and exercise the PMD Magellan Family of Motion Processors, and shortens the design time for engineers who are interested in building sophisticated motion control applications. Designed with surface mount technology, the kit provides multiple axis motion control for DC brush, brushless DC, microstepping, and step motors. |
01/15/04 |
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Advanced Motor Control IC Released |
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The MC73110 is an intelligent, single-axis controller. It is the first member of a new line of Motor Control ICs and is designed to provide ultra-high performance digital current loop, velocity loop and commutation for brushless motors. |
10/24/03 |
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Ultra-High Performance Motion Control Processor Launched |
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PMD's Magellan Family of Motion Processors provides ultra-high performance IC-based motion control for semiconductor, medical, scientific and industrial applications. Available in 1, 2, 3 and 4 axis configurations, Magellen Motion Processors control DC brush, brushless DC, microstepping and pulse and direction motors and provide profile generation, servo loop closure, PLC-style signal manipulation and motor signal generation. |
07/01/03 |
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NEW Navigator®-based ISA Motion Control Card Launched |
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The NEW Navigator®-ISA, is a high-performance 1 - 4 axis ISA card for DC brushed and step motors. Designed in surface mount CMOS technology, Navigator-ISA provides dedicated motion control features such as trajectory generation, servo loop closure, quadrature signal input, motor output signal generation, trace, on-the-fly changes, and much more.
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06/20/03 |
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First Navigator®-based PC/104 Card Launched |
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Navigator®-PC/104 is a high performance 1 - 4 axis card for DC brushed and step motors. The motion controller accepts input parameters such as position, velocity, acceleration, deceleration, and jerk, and generates the corresponding trajectory. |
05/19/03 |
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Advanced PCI-BUS Motion Controller Launched
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Navigator-PCI™ is a 1-4 axis PCI-bus card for DC brushed, brushless DC, and step motors. It provides a servo loop rate of 100uSec/axis, with 5.0 Mcount/sec quadrature encoder input rate. An on-board trace capability of up to 512 KB provides the ability to analyze system performance and tune servo filters. |
01/01/03 |
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Step Motion Control Chip |
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MC3510 is a programmable single-axis motion processor that provides pulse and direction output up to 50 kpulses/sec, including sophisticated features such as s-curve profiling, multiple breakpoints, on-the-fly profile changes, at-rest indicators and programmable PLC-style inputs and outputs. |
12/01/02 |
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Parallel-Interface Motion Processer |
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11/01/02 |
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Motion Chip With Multiple Breakpoints |
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09/01/02 |
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CHIPSET ADDS ACCELERATION FEED FORWARD |
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08/01/02 |
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NAVIGATOR™ DESIGNED INTO IMC’S POSYS ISA-BUS |
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01/01/02 |
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PCI MOTION CONTROL DEVELOPER’S KIT |
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11/01/01 |
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MULTI-AXIS SYNCHRONIZATION CAPABILITY |
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09/01/01 |
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WINDOWS™ GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE |
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05/01/01 |
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LOW-COST MICROSTEPPING PILOT™ |
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02/01/01 |
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SECOND, LOW-COST, MOTION PROCESSOR |
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12/01/00 |
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PMD RELEASES NEW, LOW-COST, SINGLE-AXIS MOTION PROCESSOR |
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07/01/00 |
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New Addition to NavigatorTM Family of Motion Controllers The MC2500 for Stepping Motors |
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01/01/00 |
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NEW SERVO CONTROLLER WITH HIGH-END MOTION PROCESSOR REDUCES SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COST
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12/01/99 |
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Stand-Alone C/C++ Programmable Controller Uses Motion Processor for Closed Loop Servo Control |
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11/01/99 |
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NEW MULTI-AXIS MOTION PROCESSOR CONTROLS BRUSHED AND BRUSHLESS MOTORS SIMULTANEOUSLY |
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10/01/99 |
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LOW-COST PC-BASED CONTROLLER USES HIGH PERFORMANCE MOTION PROCESSOR FOR CONTOURING |
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06/01/99 |
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NEW 4-AXIS MICROSTEPPING MOTION PROCESSOR WITH SINE-WAVE OUTPUT LOWERS DESIGN COST |
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05/01/99 |
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NEW MULTI-AXIS BRUSHLESS SERVO MOTION PROCESSOR
FOR SINUSOIDAL COMMUTATION |
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04/01/99 |
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NEW DEVELOPER'S KIT DECREASES DEVELOPMENT TIME AND INCREASES FLEXIBILITY FOR DESIGNERS |
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03/01/99 |
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NEW MULTI-AXIS BRUSHED SERVO MOTION PROCESSOR REDUCES DEVELOPMENT TIME |
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01/01/99 |
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MOTION PROCESSOR INCREASES WAFER THROUGHOUT |
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09/01/98 |
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MOTION ICs AUTOMATE LASER TREATMENT FOR FARSIGHTEDNESS |
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09/01/97 |
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Performance Motion Devices, Inc.
55 Old Bedford Road | Lincoln, MA 01773 | P: 781.674.9860 F: 781.674.9861 | motion-control@pmdcorp.com |
