Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs) from UEI

PACs

UEIPAC Highlights

Now available on Cube, GigE Cube and RACKtangle chassis!
Flexible. Select the I/O required to match your application
Up to 150 analog or 288 digital I/O per CUBE, 300 analog or 576 per RACKtangle
Uses standard Linux kernel
Xenomai real-time support
Program in standard C
Eclipse IDE support
Develop on Linux PC or Windows PC in the Cygwin environment
SD card and/or USB based disk (GigE Cubes and RACKs Only)
Rugged: tested -40 to +85°C, 5g Vibration, 50g shock
Compact:
- UEIPAC 300 Cube (3 I/O slots) 4” x 4.1” x 4.0”
- UEIPAC 600 Cube (6 I/O slots) 4” x 4.1” x 5.8”
- UEIPAC 300-1G GigE Cube (3 I/O slots) 4” x 4.4” x 4.0”
- UEIPAC 600-1G GigE Cube (6 I/O slots) 4” x 4.4” x 5.8”
- UEIPAC 600R (6 I/O slots) 5.25” x 6.2” x 10.5”
- UEIPAC 1200R (12 I/O slots) 5.25” x 6.2” x 17.5" (3U 19” rack)
Open source, no royalties
Rugged: CUBEs tested -40 to +85°C, 5g Vibration, 50g shock
Ideal for HIL (Hardware-in-the-loop) applications
Ideal for single and multiple loop controllers
Sample up to 576 ks/s
Run 8 PID loops >20 kHz
AC, DC or battery powered
Uses the same C API product function calls used in the Windows
10-Year Availability Guarantee!

General Description

The UEIPAC™ programmable automation controllers offer an unprecedented combination of flexibility, high performance, low cost and small size. The UEIPAC unit is an ideal solution in a wide variety of measurement and control applications including: Temperature control, Remote vehicle control (UAV and ULV), Hardware in-the-loop (HIL) and more. The UEIPAC is also an ideal solution for a host of embedded data acquisition (DAQ) applications as it allows systems to be developed without the cost, or the additional space required by an external host computer.

The UEIPAC 300 is 4” x 4” x 4” and offers 3 I/O slots. The UEIPAC 600 is slightly larger at 4” x 4” x 5.8” but provides 6 I/O slots and allows up to 150 analog inputs or 288 DIO channels. GigE versions of UEIPAC cubes are designated UEIPAC 300-1G and UEIPAC 600-1G for the 3 and 6 I/O slot versions respectively. The UEIPAC 1200R is a 12-slot, 3U 19" rack mountable PAC while the UEIPAC 600R is a 6-slot "half-rack".

The UEIPAC uses the same I/O boards as our popular PowerDNA family and includes analog input (with up to 24 bit resolution), analog output, digital I/O, Serial and CAN communications, ARINC-429 networking, counter/timer, quadrature encoder input and more. With over over 25 different I/O boards available, there is sure to be a configuration perfect for your application.

Using the UEIPAC, applications written on your PC are deployed on the cube and run fully standalone. This allows the smaller, faster, more reliable and higher performances systems. It also eliminates the cost of a dedicated host PC and guarantees long term availability of the identical hardware. This is critical when certifying products through CE or FDA etc.

Your application runs as a regular Linux process giving you access to the standard POSIX API provided by the GNU C runtime library (glibc) as well as any other library that can be compiled for Linux (for example: libxml, libaudiofile…).

To develop programs for the UEIPAC, you will need to purchase one one copy of the UEIPAC Linux TK programmers toolkit. The toolkit provides the various items needed to write applications for the UEIPAC. Regardless of the number of cubes you deploy, you need only purchase one programming toolkit.

The UEIPAC cube may be placed on a desk or table or may be mounted to any flat surface/wall, DIN Rail or in a standard 19” rack. The UEIPAC may be AC, DC or battery powered.

If you have any questions please call us at: (508)-921-4600 or email us at: info@ueidaq.com