Performance Motion Devices Prodigy® Motion Development Boards

Performance Motion Devices Prodigy® Motion Development Boards provide high-performance board-level motion control for scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic applications. Available in PC/104, standalone, and machine controller configurations, these boards support multiple motor types, including brushless DC, step, and DC brush motors, and are available in 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis configurations. 

Based on the Magellan® Motion Control ICs, the Prodigy 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.

CME versions of the board include the C-Motion® Engine, which allows user application code to run directly on the board, off-loading the system host, or enabling stand-alone operation. The Machine controller version has on-board ATLAS® amplifiers that eliminate the need for an external amplifier.

The Pro-Motion GUI makes it easy to set-up and analyze system parameters and motion performance. The C-Motion library simplifies the program development process and allows the use of industry-standard C/C++ or .NET programming languages.

Features

  • Based on the Magellan Motion Control ICs
  • PC/104, Stand-alone, and Machine-controller configurations
  • Available in 1, 2, 3, and 4-axis configurations
  • Supports brushless DC, step, and DC brush motors
  • S-curve, trapezoidal, electronic gearing, and velocity-contouring
  • PC/104 (ISA), Ethernet, CANbus or serial communications
  • Advanced PID filter with feedforward and dual biquad filters
  • High-speed loop rate: 50μsec/axis
  • Up to 256 microsteps per full step resolution
  • Incremental quadrature and Absolute SSI encoder support
  • Includes Pro-Motion and C-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
  • C-Motion Engine Versions 
    • Board-level execution of C-Motion code
    • Downloaded user application code runs at 96MIPs
    • C-Motion Engine development tools
  • Machine Controller Versions
    • On-board high-performance ATLAS amplifiers
    • Extensive fault detection including over and undervoltage, motor short, and overtemp
    • Up to 1KW peak output power per axis
    • Single voltage supply drives motors and board logic

Applications

  • Medical and scientific applications
  • Industrial automation
  • Robotics
  • General purpose motion control

Documents

  • Prodigy Motion Development Boards Datasheet
  • Prodigy-PC/104 Motion Card User’s Guide
  • Prodigy/CME PC/104 User’s Guide
  • C-Motion Engine Development Tools Manual
  • PMD Resource Access Protocol Programmer’s Reference
  • Magellan Motion Control IC Programmer’s Command Reference

Configuration

Performance Motion Devices Prodigy® Motion Development Boards

Overview

Performance Motion Devices Prodigy® Motion Development Boards

Performance Motion Devices Prodigy® Motion Development Boards