Chapter 1 Introduction; Card Description - Advantech PCI-1202 User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

The Advantech PCI-1202 motion controller is designed for users who
need to develop powerful applications quickly and easily. PCI-1202 is a
standard PCI-Bus motion controller with a high-speed real-time network
extension called AMONet. Advantech optimizes the software to help you
get your advanced motion profiles as quickly as possible.
AMONet is a new series of products designed for versatile automation
applications especially with distributed motion control requirements.
PCI-1202 is equipped with 2 master rings, and each master ring can con-
nect with up to 64 slave modules. There are 2 categories of slave mod-
ules; one is for 1-axis motion control; the second is for digital I/O with 4
types, 32-IN, 32-OUT, 16-IN & 16-0UT and 24-IN & 8-OUT.

1.1 Card Description

The PCI-1202 is a Standard AMONet PCI-Bus Interface Master Card.
Figure 1.1: Functional Block Diagram of PCI-1202
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