Advantech Launches New Motion Control Slave Modules

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The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has introduced threenew members of the AMAX-2000 series. The AMAX-2241 (Panasonic MinasA), 2242 (Mitsubishi MR-J2S) and 2243 (Yaskawa Sigma-II) are 4-axisAMONet RS-485 motion slave modules used to increase the number ofaxes on an AMONet RS-485 decentralized motion control network.These new slave modules can connect serially through simpleCategory 5 LAN cable, reducing the wiring between driver andcontroller.

All three new modules include: up to 20 Mbps transfer rate and 6.5Mhz 4-axes pulse output, 28 bits counter for incremental encoder,2~4 axes linear interpolation, 2-axes circular interpolation and Tand S-curve velocity profile support.

As with all AMAX products, they are integrated with completehardware and powerful software and are available for purchasedirectly from Advantech, the company said.