User Manual UMAX030541. Version V1 6-116
1. OVERVIEW OF CONTROLLER
1.1.
Description of the Controller
This CAN to 4 Analog Outputs Controller (CAN-4AOUT) with CANopen® is designed for
versatile control of four digital/analog outputs. The sophisticated control algorithms allow
the user to program the controller for a wide range of applications without the need for
custom software. Figure 1 below shows the hardware features.
Figure 1
– Hardware Functional Block Diagram
The controller has 4 Digital/Analog outputs that can be configured as:
Analog Current,
Analog Voltage, Digital PWM, Digital Frequency and Digital ON/OFF
. All outputs can be
configured to use any of the on-board inputs as either a control signal or an enable signal
and/or it can be integrated into a CANopen® network of controllers.
All I/O and logical function blocks on the unit are inherently independent from one another
but can be programmed to interact in many ways. They will be described in the following
sections. All objects are user configurable using standard commercially available tools
that can interact with a CANopen® Object Dictionary via an .EDS file.