
More than 15+ motion and 30+ I/O products benefit from the rich built-in functions of APS SDK
The Automation Product Software SDK (APS SDK) is an all-in-one solution with an optimized uniform interface to access all supported ADLINK machine automation products. The APS SDK features rich, powerful application-oriented motion functions that co-work with components such as system platform management, field bus communications, general digital input/output, general analog input/output and support for various counters/timers. With ADLINK machine automation series products that support APS SDK, machine makers can build and deploy applications easily and quickly with a universal tool, saving on TCO and enabling faster time to market.
More than 15+ motion and 30+ I/O products benefit from the rich built-in functions of APS SDK
APS Library reduces operational complexity and development period
Universal and intuitive interactive configuration via the MotionCreatorPro2 visualization utility
Hardware and OS independent with consistent programming style
ADLINK 3D Equidistant Spiral Motion Solution Reduces Material Costs
ADLINK’s 2D Error Compensation Technology Effectively Improves the Precision and Accuracy of Wafer Inspection
ADLINK’s Velocity Planning Solution Maintains Motor Stability During Laser Beam Machining
ADLINK's Single Latch Activated Multi-point Comparison Solution
The APS SDK includes the easy-to-use MotionCreatorPro2 configuration utility, allowing users to tune device performance and verify control results and hardware functions without the need for coding, via a universal visual interface, reducing effort from product testing to system development and debugging, and delivering faster and easier deployment.
APS SDK is a complete package which includes a variety of OS device drivers. Using a single function library, users can operate ADLINK motion products in a simple and consistent way, without the need to reprogram when adding or removing different types of devices in a wide range of operating systems. Moreover, the APS library also provides various programming language interface and examples for users, including ANSI C/C++, Microsoft Visual C/C++, Visual Basic, C#, Visual Basic.NET, Borland Delphi, and C/C++ builder, meeting the needs different users and use cases for machine development.
Leveraging ADLINK’s 25 years of experience in machine automation, the APS SDK provides a rich function library with a range of general, advanced and application-ready motion functions to help developers dramatically reduced development and maintain costs and lower the technical threshold of manufacturing automation applications.
ADLINK Softmotion provides a variety of dependable motion controls, based on an efficient algorithmic kernel featuring basic motion functions such as point-to-point and interpolation, but also variant vertical functionality for AOI, laser cutting, and semiconductor management, and even robotic control. High precision and speed, together with enhanced synchronous motion control, make ADLINK Softmotion a key player in reduction of operational complexity and development period for a wide variety of industrial applications. Compatibility with numerous I/O connection types, Softmotion delivers maximum synchronization between motion and I/O control, vastly improving application throughput.
To ensure motion repeatability, the mechanism must reset to the zero-position via the dedicated sensor point “ORG”, normally completed by combining “ORG”, “EL” and “Index” signals.
After movement begins, the position target can be changed on-the-fly even if the motion reaches maximum velocity.
If the start point and destination of a circular interpolation movement lie on different planes, a Spiral function is required to directly regulate the movement.
Changes rotation speed on-the-fly while the axis is running.
Acceleration and deceleration times are programmable, and rates can be set individually, with S-curve motion compensating for generated mechanical vibration.
To complete multidimensional motion, any 2, 3, or even all 6 axes are required for linear interpolation and any 3 axes can execute circular interpolation.
Continuous movements comprise a range of linear and circular interpolated paths. Point-Table functions support hundreds of paths to smooth the velocity of continuous movement supported by included velocity planning software..
Simultaneous start/stop can be executed on multiple axes in one card, or multiple axes across multiple cards, using software or external input signals. This feature is especially beneficial for complicated motion patterns requiring absolute synchronization of multiple axes.
Anticipating sharp corners and small arc path execution, path blending is required to decelerate automatically and ensure smoothness of the velocity at junctions of two linear paths.
Velocity planning is required to smoothly implement continuous movement and reduce vibration. The velocity of each path is generated automatically according to corner angles of complete paths.
The third section of the open international standard IEC 61131 for programmable logic controllers, CODESYS (provided by 3S enterprise) is integrated into specific ADLINK motion controllers.
All servo applications require specified safe and stable PID loop parameters in order to perform position control, ADLINK Softmotion provides a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm with adjustable acceleration and velocity and feed-forward gain to simplify servo application development..K
In order to reduce tuning efforts and acquire accurate PID parameters, auto-tuning applications are provided in ADLINK dedicated software, allowing conditions to be configured according to real application requirements.
To implement multi-axis synchronization, this function sets a ratio between multiple slave axes and one master axis to simplify mechanism. One example is a system where two rotating drums turn at a given ratio to each other.
Irrespective of the type of ball screw system used, there always exists the non-linear section of the whole ball screw that affects the accuracy of overall motion. This function compensates for pitch error in real time.
Up to 20MHz encoder input frequency, hardware-based high-speed position comparison, and trigger output, ideal for AOI applications.
To accelerate the throughout of entire motion system, the encoder event is used to triggers other axis movement immediately when the target axis achieves the planned position.
Upon direction change, outputs backlash corrective pulses before sending commands. This function only supports single-axis movement.
In general PWM generates pulse up to 25MHz with either fixed frequency or fixed duty-cycle modes, and is suitable for laser, and dispensing applications.
The latch function captures the instant counter value of one certain axis when the latch signal activates. The LTC channel is used to receive the latch pulse and the latch function is implemented with hardware.
Digital Signal Processing allows time-critical motion control, multiple axis synchronization, and standalone control in a variety of applications.
A safety protection feature providing emergency shutdown in case of malfunction.
Some motion control solutions provide an interface that connects manual pulsar input devices, which can be used to move the axes.
Some products offer analog output/input channels for voltage signals.
Most feedback signals can be classified as digital pulse types consisting of A, B phase and index signals. Normally the frequency of digital encoder can be supported up to 20MHz (@4xAB phase).
The EtherCAT-network error diagnostic tool which can detect communication packet and network topology status. Users can check network status immediately, and find the bad network stations for their topology, reducing troubleshooting time.
Considering the cost and flexibility of overall automation equipment design, Ethernet connectivity allows localization of movement or I/O modules to save space and extend control through adding the modules.
Field Bus Connectivity localizes motion of I/O modules to save space and extend control through addition of modules, with dedicated I/O and Motion provided as “HSL” and “MNET” respectively.
EtherCAT supported is a variety of connection topology methodologies, including star, tree, and ring types. As a result, EtherCAT offers unified, powerful communication for the entire automation sector, ensure quality.