ADLINK Technology Inc. announces the PCI-8144, a cost-effective 4-axis stepper motor control card with four pulse output channels.

The PCI-8144 delivers high-frequency pulse rates of up to 2.4 MHz, supporting high-speed motors at higher resolutions with faster acceleration. Up to 12 PCI-8144 control cards can be configured to control up to 48 axes from a single host system. The PCI-8144 also offers precise synchronization across all axes to ensure simultaneous starts and stops for accurate motion of complex systems.

The PCI-8144 supports both T-curve and S-curve speed profiles, as well as unsymmetrical acceleration and deceleration to fit a variety of applications that require fast control with smooth motion. The PCI-8144 also supports the on-the-fly speed changes necessary for CNC machining automation.

A hardware-based emergency stop control is provided to halt the transmission of pulse trains during an emergency. The PCI-8144 also features a software security mechanism to protect your motion control applications.

Software drivers for Windows® and ADLINK's intuitive motion control utility, MotionCreatorPro, are included to allow convenient and efficient testing and debugging of tasks

ADLINK Technology Inc. announces the release of the PCI-9221, a low-cost multi-function 16-bit resolution DAQ card featuring a sampling rate up to 250kS/s. The PCI-9221 also provides a programmable I/O supporting digital I/O (TTL), general-purpose timer/counters, motor encoder inputs, and PWM (pulse width modulation) outputs for simple motion control. The PCI-9221 is the first ADLINK DAQ card to combine data acquisition and motion control, providing an optimal combination of analog and digital I/O with motion control capabilities for test and measurement system integrators and laboratories.

The PCI-9221 card offers two 16-bit analog outputs which are suitable for applications requiring DC voltage output control. A single button auto-calibration feature ensures reliable performance and accurate measurements, regardless the environment. The PCI-9221 card comes with a powerful WDM driver for C/C++, VB, Delphi, C++ Builder, and .NET programming languages and full device drivers for MATLAB® and LabVIEW®.