1. •Xilinx Spartan 3A FPGA controller (XC3S200A) - user programmable
   

2. •On-board monitoring of system health (temperature, voltages and currents)
   

3. •Extended temperature, designed for -40°C to +85°C operation
   

4. •Mates with other em8600 slices to produce n-axis motor control
   

5. •High-level command interface to motor controller
   

6. •Overload shutdown and recovery
   

7. •Three differential, active-low, limit-switch inputs
   

8. •Two motor control status LEDs (active & alarm)
   

9. •PWM and positioning done in hardware
   

10. •Precise real-time control
    

11. •6A (peak), 3A (continuous) motor drive
    

12. •6V to 36V system power supply
    

13. •12V to 55V motor power with back-emf filtering
    

14. •Motor controller and quadrature inputs fully electrically isolated
    

15. •Eight user-configurable status LEDs (default to "throttle" bar graph)
    

16. •Integrates with all other em8xxx/em9xxx slices (150mm x 150mm x 25mm profile)
    

17. •High speed backplane for communicating with other em8xxx/em9xxx slices (up to 250MHz DDR)
    

18. •Firmware upgradeable
    

19. •Base system firmware and reference designs available
    

20. •Ideal for radar, robotics and industrial applications
    

21. •RoHS compliant
    

22. •ITAR free

em8600  Motor Control Slice

Modular n-axis advanced motor controller with differential quadrature inputs (RS422 levels)

Available NOW

Order now: AUD$535 ea

Resources:

1. •em8600 UCF file
   

2. •em8600 user’s manual (coming soon)
   

3. •em8600 LEDs demo as a full ISE project
   

4. •Introduction to motor interfacing
   

5. •Xilinx Article on Motor Control using FPGAs
   

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Serving suggestion:

Two-axis motor control stack with dual em8600s, and an em8001 JTAG Developer’s Interface

The em8600 is the motor-control building block for your em8000 system.

Available NOW

Owing to current demand, allow 2-3 weeks for delivery