Ensemble - Stand-Alone Motion Controller

7/11/06 - 7/13/06 Semicon West
, San Francisco, CA Moscone Ctr

3/25/06: Soloist Release 2.03 adds two UDP and two TCP/IP sockets enabling the user to communicate with Soloist from a Linux host computer. It adds support for LabVIEW^® 8.0. Sample programs demonstrating the Soloist acting as a Modbus slave have been added to the Application library. Release 2.03 also adds .NET control center support to eliminate user polling for retrieval of Soloist status. Finally, the compiler has been streamlined for faster compilation as well as a new stepper motor mode with step up/step down.

1/16/06: Soloist Release 2.02 increased flexibility by adding new parameters for analog I/O and speeds-up installation process.

12/14/05: Release 2.01 supports the newest Soloist family member, the Soloist MP. The Soloist MP offers a compact form factor with many of the same features as the Soloist CP, and uses the identical programming language and development environment. The Soloist MP offers cost effective, high-performance control for your application.

Ensemble™ Stand-Alone Multi-Axis Motion Controller

The Ensemble™ is Aerotech’s next-generation, multi-axis controller for moderate- to high-performance applications with high speed communication through 10/100 Base T Ethernet or USB interfaces. The Ensemble™ can control any Aerotech brushless, brush, or stepper motors or stages in any combination, and both PWM and linear drives are available. It offers easy to use, affordable multi-axis motion programming for laboratory experimentation, production testing, or advanced OEM automated manufacturing systems.

The versatile Ensemble™ offers three methods for stand-alone, multi-axis control.

Option 1: Use the Ensemble™ Epaq with integrated drives to control up to six axes for desktop or rack-mount applications.

Option 2: Use a distributed network of panel-mounted Ensemble™ CP/MP/CL drives to provide up to ten axes of synchronized motion.

Option 3: Use the Ensemble™ Epaq and add three Ensemble™ CP/MP/CL panel-mounted external drives for up to nine axes of motion control.