Trio – Flex-7 – Flexible Machine Controller

P770

The Flex-7 is Trio’s high performance, compact Flexible Machine Controller. Offering 128 axes of motion via EtherCAT, with update rates down to 125us.
Benefiting from a re-architected communications interface and a quad core processor the Flex-7 offers a step change in performance in Trio’s Flexible Machine Controller range. With separate cores dedicated to motion and communications combined with the Gigabit Ethernet hardware the Flex-7 can handle complex motion and high-speed communication interfaces for high axis count machines.

Category: Ethercat Motion Bus Motion Controllers Tag: Trio Motion

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Highlights

Up-to 128 EtherCAT axes
Update rates down to 125µs
Advanced Motion-iX core with new architecture for communications
Gigabit Ethernet ports
Modbus, Ethernet IP, support for upstream connection
Fully integrated into Motion Perfect
Programming TrioBASIC and IEC 61131-3 with PLCopen
EBUS interface, compatible with existing Flexslice hardware
Memory expansion via SD card or USB 2.0 drives
CAN port
Real time clock
1.2GHz Quad Core 64-bit ARM Cortex A53
2GB DDR4 Memory, 16GB eMMC storage
Dot matrix display (96 x 64)
RoHS and CE approved

More Axes Please!
The P770 has 2 built-in EtherCAT axes which can be user upgraded with the purchase of P912 Remote Axis FECs. Up to 64 axes are supported using CSP, CSV and CST modes of operation.

Each P912 doubles the available axes, i.e:

P770 + 1 x P912 = 4 Remote Axes
P770 + 2 x P912 = 8 Remote Axes
P770 + 3 x P912 = 16 Remote Axes
P770 + 4 x P912 = 32 Remote Axes
P770 + 5 x P912 = 64 Remote Axes
P770 + 6 x P912 = 128 Remote Axes

Fast and Flexible
Application programs can be written in TrioBASIC, Trio’s established multi-tasking programming language, or industry standard IEC-61131-3 using the powerful Motion Perfect application development software.

Expanding the System
The Flex-7 is fully compatible with Trio’s Flexslice system consisting of a range of high performance I/O peripherals including digital and analogue I/O along with stepper controllers, temperature measurement and encoder interfaces. P366 Flexslice Couplers.