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News Release from: IDEC Electronics | Subject: FC4A-J8C1
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 08 March 2007
Analogue modules give lower cost per
channel
With only two channels available on the earlier MicroSmart analogues this has been significantly improved to eight for the FC4A-J8C1 resulting in a considerable reduction in cost per channel
Following on from the launch of its PLC Pentra range, Idec has introduced two new analogue modules These modules are also compatible with the MicroSmart PLC family
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 23 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Analogue modules complement launch of Pentra range
To complement the launch of the Idec PLC Pentra range, Idec has introduced four new analogue modules which are also compatible with the MicroSmart PLC family
The main improvement is module density.
With only two channels available on the earlier MicroSmart analogues this has been significantly improved to eight for the FC4A-J8C1 resulting in a considerable reduction in cost per channel.
The FC4A-J8C1 has 16 bit resolution, voltage and current input and with a system transfer time of only 6ms per channel which when coupled with the speed of the Pentra CPU (0.056microsecs per basic instruction) means that high speed analogue readings are achievable.
A two channel voltage/current output module has also been introduced, again with 16 bit resolution.
This has a transfer time of only 1ms per channel.
The introduction of these modules have ensured that lower cost analogue capability is now a feature of the Idec MicroSmart and Pentra PLC ranges at a performance comparable with any of the competition Options Eight channel (two for analogue output), 16 bit resolution, voltage (0-10v), current (4-20ma).
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