Prodigy Machine Control Boards

Turnkey motion control across single or multi-axes.

Prodigy® Machine Control Boards provide high-performance board-level motion control for scientific, lab automation, medical device, industrial, and robotic applications. Available in PCI, PC/104, stand-alone, and machine controller configurations, these boards support multiple motors, including Brushless DC, step, and DC Brush motors. And they are available in 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis configurations. Programmable versions of the board include PMD Corp.’s C-Motion Engine (CME) that allows developer code to run directly on the board—off-loading the system host or enabling stand-alone operation.

Based on our industry-leading Magellan® ICs, these machine control boards provide user-selectable profile modes, including S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, and electronic gearing, with on-the-fly parameter change. 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. The machine controller version has on-card Atlas® digital amplifiers that eliminate the need for external amplifiers along with enhanced analog and digital I/O.

Included with every Prodigy Machine Control Board is the Pro-Motion GUI which makes it easy to set up and analyze system parameters and motion performance. PMD Corp.’s C-Motion and VB-Motion language simplifies the program development process and enables the use of industry standard C/C++ or Visual Basic programming languages.

Prodigy features

• Uses our advanced Magellan motion IC processor
• PCI, PC/104, stand-alone, and machine-controller configurations
• Available in 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis configurations
• Supports DC Brush, Brushless DC, and step motors
• S-curve, trapezoidal, electronic gearing, and velocity-contouring
• PC/104 (ISA), PCI-bus, Ethernet, CANbus, or serial communications
• Advanced PID filter with feedforward and dual biquad filters
• High-speed loop rate: 50 μsec/axis • Up to 256 microsteps per full step resolution
• Incremental quadrature and Absolute SSI encoder support
• Includes Pro-Motion®, C-Motion®, and VB-Motion® development software
• 6-step commutation and field oriented control modes
• High-precision 16-bit DAC or PWM amplifier output
• General purpose digital I/O and analog I/O
• Two directional limit switches, plus high-speed index, and home inputs per axis

Programmable C-Motion Engine Versions

• Board-level execution of C-Motion code
• Downloaded user application code runs at 96 MIPs
• C-Motion Engine development tools

Machine Controller Version

• On-board high-performance Atlas amplifiers
• Extensive fault detection including over & undervoltage, motor short, and overtemp
• Up to 1KW peak output power per axis
• Single voltage supply drives motors and board logic