Our solution
ISAC offered its PAC, based on ARM CPU.
This solution allows the connection to the network, the execution of a programmable control law and of an HMI in various languages, all inside the same device.
Axes could be controlled as Pulse/Direction also for Stepper axes, and this allows to optimize the performance for step axes, reaching and sometimes exceeding the nominal characteristics of the motors. Moreover, the CAN interface allows to drive third-party servodrivers.
Thanks to the integrated DCS features, and to the low price per unit, each component of the machine includes a device that controls all of its parts, and communicates with the central unit through the network: in this way the machine could be configured when assembling the components.