07 - SEW-Eurodrive: Control platform supports hybrid approach
SEW-Eurodrive has launched a new control platform that supports the hybrid approach of running two operating systems on one hardware. The 'Movi-C' controller type 'UHX86A' expands the control portfolio of the 'Movi-C' modular automation system in the upper performance range. Variants are available with different Intel processors, either Celeron or Core i3 to i7, in order to be able to adapt the hardware to the application in terms of performance. There are also several options for the fieldbus variant: the device can be integrated into Profinet IO, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP infrastructures. There is also a choice of capacities for the main memory, the hard disks and the NVRAM memory for persistent data storage. The standard version includes an Ethercat interface (or SEW's own SBusPlus protocol) for connecting frequency inverters from the modular automation system for motion control as well as a variety of other Ethercat devices.