MARS

MARS

6-Axis BSI Modular Motion Control Unit

  • 22/7.5,  11/3.7,  4/1.3A peak/cont. drives currents
  • Input Voltage 200-240VAC, 50/60Hz
  • DC Brushless, DC Brush, Micro-Step and Voice Coil motors
  • Wide range of Absolute and Incremental encoders per axis
  • Enhanced I/O module
  • Synchronized operation of the modules at 20kHz sample rate – 50us total processing period 
  • Ethernet, EtherCAT slave, Modbus and USB communications
  • Safe Torque-Off (STO) protection
COMPUTING RESOURCES

DSP Core MCM3/400

SAMPLE RATE

Up to 20 KHz Total Sample Rate not depending on the number of the active axes

Ethernet

Two Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, RJ45, TCP and low latency UDP support, multiple clients at the same time, Average UDP RTT (round-trip-time) for 1KB data <1ms

EtherCAT

EtherCAT 100Mbps, slave mode, MegaUlink protocol, Two RJ45 connectors

Modbus

Asynchronous (Start-Stop) serial interface from half duplex RS485 electrical interface

Communication
Ethernet

Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, RJ45, TCP and low latency UDP support, multiple clients at the same time, Average UDP RTT (round-trip-time) for 1KB data <1ms

ETHERCAT

EtherCAT 100Mbps, slave mode, MegaUlink protocol, Two RJ45 connectors

MODBUS

Asynchronous (Start-Stop) serial interface from half duplex RS485 electrical interface

Digital opto-isolated Inputs and Outputs
Inputs

6 single-ended channels divided in 2 groups x 8 inputs Each group can be set as

N-type (NPN Open Collector or dry contact to GND)

P-type (PNP Open Collector or dry contact to +24V)

Outputs

8 differential channels, Anode-Cathode type

Fast differential Inputs-Outputs
Configurable Inputs-Outputs, I/O module

Digital AqB encoder inputs, and/or

SPI port to external SPI devices, and/or

UART communication port, and/or

Position capture input, and/or

Position event generation PEG output

Multi-Mode Interface (per drive module, connector MMI on the module front panel)

SPI interface for Gantry operation with adjoined drive module

Emulated AqB encoder A,B,I outputs

Position event generator PEG output

Position capture CAP input

Analog Inputs Differential

8 channels, ±10V signals range,16-bit ADC Resolution

Analog Outputs Differential

3 channels, ±10V signals range, 16-bit DAC Resolution

Motor Temperature Sensor (per drive module, connector MTS on the module front panel)

Differential analog input for PTC or NTC sensors Resistive characteristic up to 10kOm

Safe Torque Off (STO) and Emergency Stop Inputs and Output
EMS1, EMS2, STO1, STO2 inputs

Differential opto-isolated inputs

EDM

Anode/Cathode opto-isolated output

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