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Brick Family of Products

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Common to all products are the following capabilities

Turbo PMAC 2 CPU
• 80 MHz DSP56303 CPU (120 MHz PMAC equivalent) (fast internal memory for 1st 15 axes servo & commutation)
• 256K x 24 (128k x 24 SRAM compiled/assembled program memory for firmware, compiled PLCs, user-written servo &
phase and 128k x 24 SRAM user data memory for motion & uncompiled PLC progs, variables, tables, buffers)
• 1M x 8 flash memory for user backup & firmware (5C0)
• Latest released firmware version
• Fully Configurable via USB2.0 and Ethernet TCP/IP
• Operation from a PC via setup software
• Stand-alone operation
• Linear and circular interpolation
• 256 motion programs capacity
• 64 asynchronous PLC program capability
• Rotating buffer for large programs
• 36-bit position range (± 64 billion counts)
• Adjustable S-curve acceleration and deceleration
• Cubic trajectory calculations, splines
• Set and change parameters in real time• Torque, Velocity and Position control standard
• Small footprint saves space
• Full rated temperature cooling standard (no need for additional fans)
• 16 inputs (expandable to 32) fully-protected and isolated with separate commons for two banks of eight
• Eight thermal-fuse protected outputs (expandable to 16) rated for 0.5A @ 24VDC each (Flexible
outputs allow for sinking or sourcing of current depending on whether the common emitter or
common collector is used, in banks of eight)
• Primary encoder for each axis with TTL differential/single-ended inputs with A, B quadrature
channels and C index channel, 10 MHz cycle rate, and digital Hall-effect inputs
• Five input flags per axis using DB25S: HOME, PLIM, MLIM, USER and EQU compare flags for
first four axes and five more input flags per axis if the 6 or 8-axis system is ordered.

The GeoBrick Controller & Amplifier package has the following unique capabilities:

bullet 4-, 6- or 8-channel direct PWM input from controller
bullet Integral 4-, 6- or 8-axis servo amplifier delivering from 5A cont./10A peak to 15A cont./30A peak per axis (limited to two axes per drive @ 15/30A) 
bullet Four pin locking connector contacts for motor outputs and 3-phase AC input power and earth ground terminations
bulletUniversal AC input 97-265 VAC, or DC operation from 12VDC to 340VDC.
bulletComplete protection: over voltage, under voltage, heatsink and IGBT over temperature, short circuit, over current, input phase loss detection, shunt over-current detection 
bullet Two contacts for shunt regulator resistor termination. (Connector type is locking style.) 
bullet Integrated bus power supply including shunt regulator (GAR48 or GAR78 external resistor required)

The Brick Controller package is designed to interface to external drives: 

bullet4 or 8 (optional) axes of analog +/-10V filtered PWM (12-bit resolution) or pulse and direction outputs.

The GeoBrick LV Controller & Amplifier package has the following unique capabilities: 

bullet4 or 8-channel direct PWM input from controller
bullet Integral 4 or 8-axis servo amplifier delivering from 5A cont./10A peak or 8A cont./16A peak per axis (limited to two axes per drive @ 15/30A) 
bullet Four pin locking connector contacts for motor outputs and DC Bus input power and earth ground terminations
bulletDC Bus input from 12VDC to 60VDC.
bulletComplete protection: over voltage, under voltage, heatsink and IGBT over temperature, short circuit, over current, input phase loss detection, shunt over-current detection 
bullet Two contacts for shunt regulator resistor termination. (Connector type is locking style.) 
bullet Integrated bus power supply including shunt regulator (GAR48 or GAR78 external resistor required)