Drives & Controls '99 - New control platform for the smaller system
Here's just a foretaste of what you will able to see at this year's
Drives & Controls show, located once more at the Telford Exhibition
Centre - and rapidly outgrowing that venue, judging by the size of the
exhibitor list. The show runs from 16 to 18 March and there is much to
see. Make a date in your diaries!
Rockwell Automation will introduce a new controller platform for systems
in the 24 to 128 I/O range. MicroLogix 1500 is essentially a micro PLC
that can be programmed via Rockwell's own RSLogix 500 software. The new
product shares many of the features of the well-established SLC 500,
including the same programming environment and instruction set. Just the
right amount of I/O can be selected to fit the application and the
'rack-less' design ensures that the minimum of panel space is required.
Functions include real time clock, 32-bit signed integer maths, enhanced
high speed inputs and outputs, trim potentiometers and more than 7kbyte
of configurable memory.