Here's a brief description of the type of machine or function we wish to control. . .
Our operator interface will be a. . .
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Computer display monitor
Keyboard, Mouse or Trackball
Joystick
Touchscreen
Keypad / Touch-pad
Don't know / Undecided
We prefer the following physical form-factor. . .
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PCI or ISA bus plug-in card
VME-bus card
PC-104 card
CPCI card
Stand-alone, board-level card
Stand-alone, box-level (in an enclosure)
No strong preference
Don't know / Undecided
We want to communicate to the motion controller via. . .
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PCI-bus
ISA-bus
VME-bus
Ethernet
RS-232/422
Fire-wire (IEEE-1394)
USB
No strong preference
Other
Don't know / Undecided
We will operate the controller from the following software environment. . .
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Windows
Linux
QNX, INtime, VX Works or other RTOS
DOS
PLC
Other
No strong preference
Don't know / Undecided
We plan to use the following programming languages. . .
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C, C++ or Visual C
Visual Basic
Pascal (including Delphi)
LabVIEW
Other
Don't know / Undecided
The type of motion we need to control is. . .
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Independent point-to-point
Coordinated - linear or circular interpolation
Coordinated - contouring along points on a path
Coordinated - master/slave gearing
Coordinated - master/slave with cam following
Coordinated - non-cartesian "inverse" kinematics
The type of motors we need to control is. . .
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Brushed DC servo
Brushless servo
Stepper
Miniature DC servo (<0.5 Watts)
Other
Don't know / Undecided
The number of motors we need to control per machine is. . .
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1-2 motors
3-4 motors
5-8 motors
8-16 motors
17+ motors
Not sure / Undecided
We will require the following position feedback on each axis. . .
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1-Encoder per axis
2-Encoders per axis
Absolute encoder
Tachometer
Resolver
No feedback - we will use open loop control
Other
Don't know / Undecided
In ADDITION to dedicated axis I/O (limits, encoders, amplifier enable, etc.) we will require the following approximate quantity of general-purpose DIGITAL I/O. . .
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None
1-16 digital I/O channels
17-32 digital I/O channels
More than 32 digital I/O channels
Don't know / Undecided
In ADDITION to any required motor control signals, we will require the following quantity of ANALOG INPUTS. . .
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None
1-4 analog input channels
4-8 analog input channels
More than 8 analog input channels
Don't know / Undecided
