Nippon Pulse PPCIe8443 controller board with PCI-Express bus interface

Nippon Pulse now sells its newest available controller board, the PPCIe8443. An upgrade from Nippon Pulse’s previous PPCI7443 controller board, the new “PCI Express” board uses an updated PCI-express bus interface that can control up to 4 axes of coordinated motion.

PPCIe8443 comes equipped with Nippon Pulse’s PCL6046 large-scale integration chip, and can generate high-speed pulses to control input-type servo and stepper motors. The PPCIe8443 allows complicated operations to be internally processed so CPU’s axis control load is reduced.

The PPCIe board is capable of up to four axes of linear interpolation, arbitrary two-axis circular interpolation, and continuous interpolation, as well as linear and S-curve acceleration and deceleration. It also features 13 types of homing, velocity and positioning override, and trigger output at a specified position with position comparison (FIFO).

This board also comes with utility software for application development, in which available information for all axes and signal statuses are displayed for convenient system debugging during a project’s early stages. Function libraries are also available, as are definition files (for VC, VB and C # languages) and sample programs. Download a PDF of the controller board’s full data sheet here.

Number of control axes	Four
Maximum output frequency	6.5 Mpps (constant speed operation, linear/S-curve acceleration/deceleration operation)
Reference clock	19.6608 MHz
Positioning control range	-2, 147, 483, 648 to +2, 147, 483, 647 (32 bit)
Speed range (speed multiplication factor)	0.1 pps to 6553.5 pps (when it is 0.1x) 1 pps to 65,535 pps (when it is 1x) 100 pps to 6,553, 500 pps (when it is 100x)

Nippon Pulse America Inc. is an American subsidiary of Tokyo-based Nippon Pulse Motor Co., Ltd. Nippon Pulse is a global manufacturer and Tier 1 supplier of precision motion control products for original equipment manufacturers. We provide a wide array of motion control setups to meet needs, including industry-leading stepper motors, the innovative Linear Shaft Motor, controllers and drivers. For more information, visit nipponpulse.com.