PLC supports complex controls

Staff -- Control Engineering, 8/1/2006

FPSV3 PLC, newest addition to the Panasonic Electric Works FPS ultra-compact programmable logic controller series, offers advanced features to support more complex controls. Compact in size (30 mm wide x 90 mm high x 60 mm deep; 1.81 in. wide x 3.543 in. high x 2.362 in. deep), PLC is equipped with RISC base processor operating at 0.32 µs/basic instruction. Features include super-fast floating point calculation, built-in two axis of motion with linear-circular interpolation (expandable to 10 axes), easy PID instruction that supports up to 24 loops, and 4 channels of built-in high-speed counters. FPS supports up to 3 serial ports configurable for Modbus RTU, PLC to PLC networking, Mewtocol, and general purpose. Device has a programming capacity of 32k steps and supports up to 384 I/O points. Applications include accurate temperate control with high-speed and precision motion control. www.pewa.panasonic.com Panasonic Electric Works Corp. of America