Industrial Automation Magazine India

Standard and safety controller in one unit

Published on : Tuesday 30-11--0001

Modern vehicles and mobile machines need very powerful control electronics to process the high number of input and output signals.

That is why the new third generation ecomatController was developed: It has two independent, powerful 32-bit PLCs – one of them a certified safety controller. In addition to its multifunctional inputs and outputs with diagnostic capabilities, the unit features two Ethernet ports and four CAN interfaces. The CAN interfaces support all important bus protocols (CANopen, CANopen Safety and J1939) as well as the transparent and preprocessed data exchange. The control functions are easily integrated into the application program thanks to CODESYS programming (version 3.5).

Features and benefits:

Sturdy mechanical design – The control electronics are integrated into a compact metal housing with front-mounted, coded central plugs for mobile use.

Powerful electronics – The core of the controller, which has been designed according to the applicable standards for electronics in mobile applications, is one of the most advanced multi-core 32-bit processors with 300 MHz clock frequency.

Configurable inputs and outputs – The inputs and outputs can be configured as digital, frequency or analogue inputs with diagnostic function or as inputs for resistance measurement.

Programmable to IEC 61131-3 with CODESYS – Programming is done by means of the standardised IEC 61131-3 languages.

Interfaces with extended functionality – Besides an RS-232 interface and the Ethernet interface with internal switch, all controllers provide four CAN interfaces to ISO 11898. All CAN interfaces support the essential bus protocols CANopen, CANopen Safety and J1939.

Contact:

ifm electronic India Private Limited, Kolhapur.

Tel: 0231-2672770.

Email: [email protected]