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High-Performance PLC from Baumüller – No. 26/2006 (28.11.2006)

Extended functions and increased memory capacities

Nuremberg. Baumüller has expanded its existing Controller PLC platform with the addition of the High Performance PLC. The significantly improved performance is down to increased computing power and increased memory capacity. This new performance class can reach a cycle time of 25 µsec per 1,000 lines of STL.

Baumüller has expanded its modular control system for PLC and motion control tasks with the introduction of the High-Performance PLC, which is characterized by its compact design and forms part of the Controller PLC series. I/O modules can be directly connected to Controller PLCs without the need for additional bus couplers. The High-Performance PLC’s control concept can be fully integrated into all Baumüller control platforms and its software is 100% compatible.

The Controller PLC series features PLCs with up to five different fieldbus module interfaces. For example, these could be EtherCAT master/slave or CANopen master/slave interfaces, or an Ethernet interface that is open to the traditional IT environment, e.g., OPC server communication.

The 32-bit RISC CPU has a performance capability of 667 MHz. A 64 MB Flash memory is available for the runtime system, IEC program and cams. Even the standard Controller PLC is able to achieve cycle times of 100 µsec per 1,000 lines of STL. The High-Performance PLC, however, boasts 25 µsec per 1,000 lines of STL.

The ProMaster Engineering Framework is used to configure the PLC system, the network components or individual machine units. Irrespective of the hardware platform that has been selected, the user can create the entire machine application intuitively using ProMaster. The communication topology is created, cams are generated and edited and the I/O configuration is assembled in ProMaster. The machine application generated in this way is then stored on the corresponding controller.

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