E1701C is a 5-axis CNC controller card which can control lasers as well as other tools with suitable hardware interfaces. It can be extended by options described below and provides following features:
- Support for up to 5 stepper motor axes which can be controlled via step/direction signals
- Can be used with any XY-table/-gantry, XYZ-stage or similar 2..5-axis, motor-driven CNC devices
- Fully synchronous movements of all axes for real 2D/3D/... operations
- 100 Mbit Ethernet connection
- USB 2.0 connection
- Command execution time down to 0,5 microseconds
- Realtime processing of laser and motion signals
- CMOS level on/off output to toggle laser or tool
- Can control nearly every laser type (this may require extension boards as described below)
- Power ramping output to modulate laser power or tool speed during movements
- CMOS level inputs to start or stop operations by hardware signal
- 5 optionally opto-insulated reference-switch inputs which can be operated with up to 24 V external power
- 512 MByte DDR3 RAM
- 4-core system with 1 GHz clock on main CPU core
- Extremely low power consumption of about 1,8 W (Baseboard without any Extension Boards)
- Internal command and vector data list with more than 17 million entries
- Continuous list concept, no need to swap between lists
- BeamConstruct PRO license included
- Very small size of about 87 mm x 55 mm
- Hardware/firmware is quality made in Germany
LP8 Extension Board requires the E1701C baseboard as described above and provides additional signals for controlling lasers and external equipment. It offers the following features and functions:
- LP8 8 bit CMOS level parallel digital output e.g. for controlling laser power
- LP8 latch CMOS level digital output for usage with IPG™ and compatible laser types
- Master Oscillator CMOS level digital output for usage with IPG™ and compatible laser
types - 8 bit 0..5V analogue output e.g. for controlling laser power
- Two laser CMOS level digital outputs for usage with YAG, CO2, IPG™ and compatible
laser types (outputs can provide PWM frequency, Q-Switch, FPK-pulse, continuously running frequency, stand-by frequency), running with frequencies up to 20 MHz - Hardware is quality made in EU
The Digi I/O Extension Board requires a baseboard as described above and provides additional I/Os for controlling external equipment. It offers following features and functions:
- 8 digital inputs which can be switched to opto-insulated mode with external power supply of up to 24 V
- 8 digital outputs which can be switched to opto-insulated mode with external power supply of up to 24 V
- Hardware is quality made in Germany
The optional E1701base Mounting Kit allows faster and easier mechanical installation of all types of E1701 controller boards:
- Comes with DIN rail clamps which can be installed in 2 different positions combined with 2 different orientations resulting in 4 different mounting variants
- E1701 can be mounted on top of E1701base with distance bolts or hex-stands using premanufactured mounting holes
- Can be used also without DIN rail clamps for custom mounting in machines and as top-cover for E1701
Resources
E1701C English manual containing hardware description for base- and all available extensionboards
as well as programming interface specification:e1701c_manual.pdf
Development files (Windows and Linux, no driver required for Linux):
GIT Repository
* As per 12/2018 we do not know of any other 5-axis CNC controller card that is fully modular and comes with a smaller size for such a low price.
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