The GT-400 series motion controller is a universal controller. The series has several product versions, including the GT-400-SV, GT-400-SG, GT-400-SP, GT-400-SE and GT-400-SD. They are widely used in applications ranging from simple point-to-point motion control equipment to highly complicated profile motion control equipment, such as measuring machines, engraving machines, NC lathes, machining centers and robots.
Programmable sampling rate. The minimum interpolation period of four axes is 200µs. The minimum control period of single-axis point-to-point motion is 25µs.
Modes of motion: point-to-point motion, linear interpolation, circular interpolation, velocity
control, interface to manual pulse generator, and electronic gearing
Programmable trapezoid curve planning and S-curve planning and update parameters on-the-fly
All registers for computational parameters and trajectory planning parameters are 32 bits
Hardware capture of home switch and index signal of encoder
Set following-error limit, acceleration limit and output limit, to ensure safe and reliable control
PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) digital filter with velocity and acceleration feed-forward, and with integral limit and bias compensation (for SV card)
Network communication port (Ethernet, Profibus-DP, RS232, RS232/485) (Optional)
User-defined coordinate system for ease of programming
Coordinated motion of 4 axes, linear interpolation of two to four axes, and circular interpolation of any two axes
Continuous interpolation function
On-board memory buffer to improve communication efficiency
Programmable event interrupt: external input interrupt, even interrupt and time interrupt
On-board EEPROM to update firmware and parameters
Drivers and DLL for Windows98/2000/NT/XP, C and C++ function library
Specification
Axis Channels
4 channels of 16-bit analog voltage output signal or pulse output signal with a frequency up to 1MHz
4 channels of quadrature incremental encoder input : 4 channels used for feedback signal input of each axis, 2
channels are used for the auxiliary encoder input
Encoder sampling rate up to 8MHz
Flexible combination of analog voltage output and pulse output mode
Analog Input (Optional)
8 channels of independent 12-bit ±10V analog input
Uncommitted Digital Input/Output
16 channels of uncommitted opto-isolated digital input
16 channels of uncommitted opto-isolated digital output
Dedicated Digital Input/Output
Dedicated opto-isolated inputs for each axis: 2 channels for limit switch signal, 1 channel for home signal, and 1 channel for drive alarm signal input
Dedicated opto-isolated outputs for each axis: 1 channels for drive enable signal and 1 channel for drive alarm signal reset
Position Capture
1 channel of probe input for capturing the positions of 4 axes simultaneously, 1 channel of home capture signal and 1 channel index capture signal for each axis
Bus Type
Standard ISA/PC104 bus
Standard PCI bus
Stand-alone through standard network interface (Optional)
System Software
Demo software in Windows environment
Windows 98/2000/NT/XP equipment drivers
C/C++ function library and demo software in DOS
Power Consumption
+5V, Icc = 2A, power supplied from PC
±12V, Icc = 60mA, power supplied from PC
+24V or +12V, Icc = 2A, external power provided by user
Operating Environment
Operating temperature: 0-60°C
Relative humidity: 5% - 90%, non-condensing
Mechanical Dimension
122mm x 185mm
Basic Accessories
GT-400-ACC1 interconnect board
GT-400-ACC2 terminal board
GT-400-ACC3 62-pin shielded cable (x2)
GT-400-ACC4 60-pin flat cable
Ordering Guide
Type
Model
No of Axes
Motor Type
Control Mode
PC Bus Type
4 axis, for point to point motion control
GT-400-PG-G
4
Servo / Step
Pulse output. Open Loop control
ISA / PC104 or PCI
GT-400-PV-G
4
Servo / Step
Analog output & Pulse output, close loop control, encode input
ISA / PC104 or PCI
4 axis, for point -to-point & Interpolation motion control
GT-400-SG-G
4
Servo / Step
Pulse output. Open Loop control
ISA / PC104 or PCI
GT-400-SP-G
4
Servo / Step
Pulse output. Open Loop control, Encoder input
ISA / PC104 or PCI
GT-400-SV-G
4
Servo / Step
Analog output & Pulse output, close loop control, encode input
ISA / PC104 or PCI
GT-400-SG-S
4
Servo / Step
Pulse output. Open Loop control, High interpolating accuracy
ISA / PC104 or PCI
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