Aerotech MACHINE CONTROLLERS A3200 SOFTWARE-BASED 2

More Than Just Motion

Modern machines do more than move. Vision systems, robotics,

laser control, sensor integration, and much more must come

together to control complex automation solutions.

The A3200 software-based machine controller (SMC) runs directly

on an industrial PC, side-by-side with other automation control

systems, requiring no additional hardware.

Aerotech Machine Controller A3200 Программное обеспечение Тип 2

Flexible, High-Performance System Architecture

The A3200 SMC is a controller capable of managing a network

of up to 32 axes of motion without sacrificing performance.

With a wide offering of drive hardware, each axis of motion

can be either a servomotor, stepper motor, voice coil motor,

galvanometer motor, or piezoelectric actuator. The controller is

high performance — producing native trajectory rates of up to 48

kHz without sacrificing other performance criteria.

Our controller enables the system’s high performance because it

manages a distributed control architecture. Whereas centralized

control architectures close the servo and current loops on a

central controller, the Automation 3200 platform closes the

position, velocity, and current loops on each individual network

drive (Ndrive), avoiding processing bottlenecks. The A3200 SMC

uses a real-time operating system that runs with higher priority

than Windows®. The PC executes programs and sends the

position commands to the Ndrive via the IEEE-1394 (FireWire®) or

HyperWire glass-optical-fiber high-speed serial bus.

A3200-iPC Industrial PC

The A3200 SMC is available pre-installed and optimized on

the Aerotech A3200-iPC industrial PC. This PC is fully tested

and optimized. The A3200-iPC is ready to work right out of the

box, allowing fast integration of your value-added process. Get

more information including specifications, CADs, and ordering

information on our A3200-iPC web page.

Extended Architecture with Fieldbus Support

EtherCAT I/O and PROFINET I/O are each tightly integrated into

the A3200 automation machine controller. With the simple

addition of Hilscher PCIe card, either EtherCAT or PROFINET I/O

devices can be configured and mapped with meaningful I/O tag

names. 

WAGO I/O is tightly integrated into the A3200 automation

machine controller and devices can be connected to a PC via a

standard Ethernet port. Modular devices can be stacked together

as needed and can be configured and mapped with meaningful

I/O tag names. These tags are directly available for use in the

AeroBasic™ programming language and throughout the Motion

Composer Suite.

Set up Your Controller with the Feature-Rich Motion Composer

Suite Engineering Software

Aerotech’s A3200 Motion Composer Suite is a feature-rich

engineering software package. This software allows each member

of your design team to contribute in setting up the controller and

networked drives as per your application’s requirements.

Simply connect to the controller using the Motion Composer

Suite. Then use several user-friendly tools to set up each control

loop on the drive and the controller-specific parameters.

Programming for Performance

The A3200 Motion Composer Suite includes the Motion Composer

IDE — a feature-rich programming environment for developing

real-time application code. The Motion Composer IDE allows you

to quickly build, debug, load, and run real-time application code

on the controller.