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News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: Motion control
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2004
Custom motion control from Labview
With NI SoftMotion, machine builders and OEMs can use National Instruments' Labview graphical development environment to create customised motion controllers for any platform.
The new NI SoftMotion Development Module for Labview deploys a variety of motion control functions and custom algorithms to any hardware platform based on machine builders' specific application requirements, price constraints and performance needs Using the NI SoftMotion Development Module, machine builders and OEMs can choose their motion control platforms, including NI reconfigurable I/O hardware, PCI/PXI multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices and Compact FieldPoint embedded control systems, to improve machine performance or lower their system costs
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The software includes functions for trajectory generation, spline interpolation, position and velocity PID control and encoder implementation in the Labview Real-Time Module and the Labview FPGA Module.
With the NI SoftMotion Development Module, machine builders and OEMs can create flexible motion control solutions that they can redesign to accommodate variations in motion control algorithms at run time.
With the company's new CompactRIO embedded control system and Labview FPGA Module, machine builders and OEMs can use the NI SoftMotion Development Module to achieve servo updates as fast as 5us or 200kHz for high-precision semiconductor processes such as etching, metrology, dicing, bonding or lithography.
They can also reduce system costs by deploying their NI SoftMotion Development Module functions to the new, next-generation NI M Series DAQ devices, which deliver breakthrough improvements in accuracy, faster sampling rates, more I/O channels and a lower cost per I/O channel.
This cost-effective motion control solution is ideal for packaging and material handling applications.
Whether they are developing an assembly system with in-line vehicle sequencing for the automotive industry or designing a lithography machine for the semiconductor industry, machine builders and OEMs can use the NI SoftMotion Development Module to create customised and reliable machine controllers. Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
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