Product Description:

The 572-03814-60 is a motion-controller card designed by Kollmorgen for the PIC900 Drives series. As the central processor within that drive platform, the board coordinates axis interpolation and supervisory tasks inside industrial automation cells. By embedding the control logic on the same backplane as the power modules, it delivers deterministic positioning instructions to connected servomotor amplifiers.

Processing duties are handled by an 80486DX CPU with a standard math coprocessor. This architecture separates integer sequencing from floating-point vector math, reducing jitter during contoured moves. At a core frequency of 25 MHz, the controller executes trajectory calculations while maintaining interrupt latency for coordinated motion. The controller includes 256K of application memory, 256K of battery-backed RAM, and 32K of user memory, while configuration headers permit expansion to 1 Megabyte. With a 0.5 ms servo period, it can close loops for 2 axes and reserve the remaining bandwidth for I/O scanning and diagnostic logging.

During the longer 8 ms update window, the board supervises up to 32 axes, enabling multi-gantry installations without added hardware. The slower cycle also leaves time for ladder logic evaluation and host communications, keeping the motion layer isolated from network latencies. Retentive data are preserved by a lithium backup circuit that draws only 5 µA from the 3 V cell. Control logic uses symmetric ±15 V rails at 10 mA each and a +5 V rail rated at 750 mA during peak computation. The assembly measures 305 mm in height, 213 mm in depth, and 41 mm in width, fitting standard PIC900 racks and leaving clearance for airflow between adjacent modules. Mounting bosses align with DIN rail adapters so the card can be serviced without disturbing neighboring drives.