Performance Motion Devices ION® Digital Drives

Performance Motion Devices 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 500W, and the ION 3000 is rated at 3000W. All ION® Digital Drives can drive DC brush, brushless DC, and step motors, and are ideal for medical, scientific, semiconductor, robotic, industrial, and other automation applications.

ION Digital Drives provide high power density in a rugged, flexible form factor. They perform profile generation, servo compensation, stall detection, field oriented control, digital torque control, and many other motion control functions. Additional features include Ethernet, CANbus or serial communications, general-purpose digital and analog I/Os, and full programmability for the ION 500 CME.

Working with the ION Digital Drive, the powerful Pro-Motion® GUI makes it easy to graph and analyze axis performance, while C-Motion® allows users to develop their own applications using C/C++. Programmable versions (ION/CME) include C-Motion of the ION Drives Engine, allowing users to directly run code on the ION, off-loading the system host, and enabling standalone operation.

The ION Digital Drives are built on the Magellan® Motion Control IC, providing a powerful instruction set to control the motion application, monitor performance, and synchronize overall drive behavior. User-selectable profiling modes include S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, and electronic gearing. Servo loop compensation utilizes PID control, velocity and acceleration feedforward, and dual bi-quad filters. Additional features include limit switches, breakpoints, secondary encoder input for master-slave, and electronic gearing applications.

Features

  • Ethernet, CANbus or serial communications
  • S-curve, trapezoidal, velocity contouring, electronic gearing profiles
  • Pulse and direction input
  • 500W or 3000W power rating
  • Up to 20A continuous, up to 30A peak current
  • 12V to 56V or 20V to 195V single power source
  • High-efficiency MOSFETs
  • 40kHz PWM frequency
  • 102μs servo loop rate
  • Auxiliary encoder input supports gearing and dual-loop applications
  • Position and current loops
  • Field oriented control
  • Sinusoidal commutation
  • Stall detection and auto current reduction
  • Programmable acceleration and deceleration
  • Advanced PID filter with velocity and acceleration feedforward
  • Programmable dual bi-quad filters
  • ±10V high-resolution 16-bit ADC input
  • Up to 8 general-purpose user inputs and 6 general-purpose outputs
  • Execution of C-Motion code at up to 96 MIPS
  • 256 KB of programmable user code space
  • C-Motion Engine development tools

Applications

  • Medical and scientific applications
  • Laboratory automation
  • Robotics
  • General-purpose motion control

Documents

  • ION Digital Drives Datasheet
  • ION Digital Drive User’s Manual
  • ION/CME Digital Drive User’s Manual
  • Magellan Motion Control IC User Guide
  • C-Motion Engine Development Tools Manual
  • PMD Resource Access Protocol Programmer’s Reference
  • Magellan Motion Control IC Programmer’s Command Reference

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Performance Motion Devices ION® Digital Drives

Performance Motion Devices ION® Digital Drives