A-82x PIglide Motion Controller for 4, 6 or 8 Axes

For Stages with Direct Drive and High Power Requirements, TCP/IP Interface

  • 4, 6 or 8 high-performance motion axes
  • Fully integrated closed-loop servo control, amplifier module, and power supplies
  • For voice coil drives, DC motors, and brushless 3-phase motors
  • Quiet PWM drives. Optional: NanoPWM high-performance drive module
  • Encoder inputs support incremental (analog sine/cosine and RS-422) and absolute (BiSS-C, EnDat 2.1/2.2) encoder
  • 10 A continuous current / 20 A peak output current per axis
A-82x PIglide Motion Controller for 4, 6 or 8 Axes
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Overview

The A-82x motion controller series from PI offers a fully integrated electronics solution with controller, drives, and power supplies in a compact 4-U-high 19-inch rack unit. The A-82x controllers are designed and optimized for PIglide air bearing stages that are equipped with direct drive linear and rotation servo motors, and high-resolution encoders. The A-82x motion controller features the state-of-the-art ACS SPiiPlusEC motion controller and EtherCAT master.

Standard options include inputs for incremental sine/cosine and absolute encoders that use the BiSS-C data protocol. Support for sine/cosine encoders has an integrated interpolation factor of 16384x. All controllers feature integrated flash memory for stored motion programs and parameters.

The A-82x controllers can be operated in stand-alone mode running stored programs, or controlled via an external PC. A PC is required for programming and startup. All software is supplied with the controller.

If the controller is purchased together with a PIglide air bearing stage or positioning system, PI will perform the servo tuning, startup of the controller, and error calibration, and supply a complete ready-to-use positioning system.

The NanoPWM technology from ACS is integrated into the A-824.2Nx00 models. They offer the best possible solution for demanding positioning applications: Subnanometer position holding, tracking errors limited to a few nanometers, optimal velocity constancy. NanoPWM are a genuine alternative to linear drives: Comparable performance at a lower price with less space required for the overall system.

Options and Upgrades

  • Absolute encoders or incremental encoders (can be combined according to customer specifications for all axes of the controller)
  • G-Code programming
  • Input shaping
  • ServoBoostTM upgrade. Provides better, more consistent servo performance that is insensitive to noise or changes in the system.
  • ServoBoostTM PLUS upgrade. Provides higher position stability and velocity constancy.
  • Additional control axes for external drives via EtherCAT
  • Alternative customized packaging for OEM setups

Specifications

Datasheet

Datasheet A-82x

Version / Date
2023-06-26
pdf - 603 KB
Version / Date
2023-06-26
pdf - 603 KB
Version / Date
2019-01-14
pdf - 770 KB

Downloads

Datasheet

Datasheet

Datasheet A-82x

Version / Date
2023-06-26
pdf - 603 KB
Version / Date
2023-06-26
pdf - 603 KB
Version / Date
2019-01-14
pdf - 770 KB

Documentation

Documentation

User Manual A824D001

A-824.21xxx 4-Axis High-Power Motion Controller

Version / Date
V 2.1 2020-09-10
pdf - 2 MB
English
Documentation

User Manual A824D002

A-824.2NXXX 4-Axis High-Power NanoPWM Motion Controller.

Version / Date
V 1.2 2021-08-23
pdf - 2 MB
English
Documentation

User Manual A826D002

A-826.21xxx 6-Axis High-Power Motion Controller

Version / Date
V 0.0 2020-12-04
pdf - 1 MB
Documentation

User Manual A828D002

A-828.21xxx 8-Axis High-Power Motion Controller

Version / Date
V 0.0 2020-12-10
pdf - 2 MB

3-D Models

3-D Models

A-82x 3-D model

Version / Date
2018-10-01
zip - 5 MB

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