Xycom XVME-230 Intelligent Counter Module

The XVME-230 Intelligent Counter Module is a VMEbus-compatible intelligent I/O module that provides a variety of high-performance, high-level counting functions. The module's architecture features XycomVME 's intelligent I/O kernel, which can significantly enhance system performance by itself handling many time-consuming functions that would otherwise be performed by the host processor. This onboard intelligence also gives the XVME-230 exceptional measurement and stepper motor control performance. Many industrial applications require that time-varying waveforms be either measured or generated.

The XVME-230 module is capable of handling many of these measurement functions simultaneously. The module contains four programmable counting circuits. Each circuit can handle four CLOCK inputs and four GATE inputs, allowing as many as 16 separate counting functions to operate at once.

 

FEATURES：

10 MHz 68000 CPU

16 independent counting channels

Counting rates up to 5 MHz

Firmware-selected functions

Measurement

Period
Frequency
Pulse width
Position

Control

Stepper motor
Duty cycle

Utility

Frequency output
, One-shot output
, Frequency division,
Periodic interrupt

 

APPLICATIONS：

Translators for stepper motors

Flow meters (turbine type)

Quadrature encoders

Voltage-to-frequency converters

Voltage-to-pulse width converters

Heaters