National Instruments 778440-04 Motion Controller Device.

The part number 778440-04 from National Instruments is the identifying part number for the PCI-7354 Motion Controller Device. This motion controller device is designed to control both stepper and servo motors in complex applications equipped with up to 4 axes making it ideal for a variety of industrial tasks that require precise and efficient motion control. The 778440-04 can control brushless or brushed DC servo motors, piezo motor systems, and many other servo devices. The device has PID update range of 62.5 to 500 µs/sample with a maximum update rate of 62.5 µs/axis and a multi axis update rate of <1 update sample.

The 778440-04 motion controller device has 68-pin female high-density VHDCI type motion I/O connector and 68-pin female high-density VHDCI type digital I/O connector. The motion I/O connectors contain all the necessary signals required for closed-loop motion control of up to 4 axes. This device has a maximum count rate of 20 MHz accommodating forward, reverse, and home inputs. It has 24 inputs 3 per axis and 8 outputs 1 per axis, enhancing accuracy of the motion control applications. This device also features various safety systems including the watch dog timer function that resets the board to start up state and a shutdown input that disables all axes and command outputs.

This device is engineered to operate at an ambient temperature of 0 degrees Celsius to 55 degrees Celsius and storage temperature of  –20 degrees Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius with a relative humidity of 10% to 90% RH, noncondensing. It requires to be mounted at an maximum altitude of 2000 meters with a pollution degree of 2.

This 778440-04 has physical dimensions of 17.5 by 9.9 cm (6.9 by 3.9 in.) making it compact and easy to integrate into digital systems. This Motion Controller Device is built to consume power of  18 W, maximum with power requirements of +3.3 Volts to -12 Volts and - 2 A to 0 mA. Additionally, this device also features 8 digital I/O ports with 8 bits TTL ports and 2 PWM Outputs at 50 kHz. This device is supported by a software driver NI-Motion and operating system of Windows Vista/XP/2000 and LabVIEW Real-Time.