Product Description:

The 502-03638-61 controller board is supplied by Kollmorgen as part of the PIC900 Drives series. The card serves as the central processing element inside a multi-axis drive rack, running motion programs, interpolating trajectories, and issuing position commands to individual servo amplifiers. By integrating program storage, real-time processing, and serial links, it bridges the operator interface and the power electronics used for industrial automation tasks such as packaging, material handling, and electronic assembly.

At the core of the board is an Intel-compatible 80C186 microprocessor clocked at 16 MHz. Program code is stored in 256K of application memory, while matching battery-backed RAM handles variable data and motion buffers; total expandable space reaches 1 Megabyte to support larger configurations. The PicPro programming port communicates at up to 115200 baud, enabling rapid downloads and diagnostic sessions, while a secondary user port is limited to 19.2 Kbaud. Logic supplies are drawn from the drive backplane: +5 V at 369 mA for digital circuits and ±15 V at 10 mA each for analog conditioning. These resources allow deterministic servo calculations, immediate interrupt handling, and event capture without external co-processors.

System capacity extends to 32K of non-volatile user memory for parameter sets and production recipes. The controller can coordinate up to 16 servo axes and the same number of digitizing axes, allowing complex gantries or synchronized spindle groups to be managed from a single slot. Cabinet integration is simplified by the slim card profile: 8.4 in in depth, 1.6 in in width, and 12 in in height, so high-density enclosures can be assembled without excessive rail spacing. These limits provide clear boundaries for backplane loading, airflow planning, and expansion slot allocation.