The DMC-1700 Series of ISA bus motion controllers received their first major upgrade and are now available with up to 80 I/O channels and firmware that doubles the number of multitasking threads. Dubbed the DMC-1718, -1728, -1738, and -1748, they provide an additional 64 digital I/O over their predecessors. The buffered I/O is accessible via two 50-pin ribbon cables that plug directly into OPTO 22 PO Series, Greyhill 70, or Greyhill HL Series expansion racks. In addition, engineers added new firmware that doubles the multitasking threads from four to eight while adding tangent and arc tangent functions, IF/ELSE constructs, and speed control around corners. Each card controls any combination of from one to eight axes using step motors, servo motors, and hydraulics. Galil Motion Control, Product Code 4209.
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Designing and filling a new type of water bottle might take less engineering work, but the description will help kids understand how science, math, and engineering influence their lives even through things that seem mundane.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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