Based in Offenhausen Germany, Servo-Halbeck GmbH & Co.KG provides
services to companies with unique motion control requirements and
significant production quantities. Motion controller customization,
including individual development of special interfaces for standard bus
systems and software modifications, can help customers successfully meet
their specific product needs.
Servo-Halback uses Jungo's WinDriver PCI for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and
WinDriver PCI for Linux to develop drivers for two of its leading products - the
POSYS® 1900 and the POSYS® 1800.
POSYS® 1900
The POSYS® 1900 is a state-of-the-art 1 to 4 axes PCI-Bus motion
controller supporting multiple host connection modes and motor
types. The POSYS® 1900 supports parallel-bus via PCI-Bus, serial
communication (RS232 and optional RS422/485) and CAN 2.0B. Motor
types supported are DC brushed servo, brushless servo,
microstepping and stepper motors, each axis individually
configurable. Other features are the fast servo loop update rates
of 50 µs/axis, 5 Mcounts/sec quadrature encoder input and on-board
trace capabilities.
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POSYS® 1800
The POSYS® 1800 is a state-of-the-art 1 to 4 axes PC/104-Bus motion
controller supporting multiple host connection modes and motor types.
The POSYS® 1800 supports parallel-bus via PC/104-Bus and is capable
of being used as a standalone controller via serial communication
RS232 or CAN 2.0B requiring only 5 VDC. Motor types supported
are DC brushed servo, brushless servo, microstepping and stepper
motors, each axis individually configurable. Other features are the
fast servo loop update rates of 50 µs/axis, 5 Mcounts/sec quadrature
encoder input and on-board trace capabilities.
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Why was WinDriver Chosen for the PC based motion control products?
Servo Halbeck has chosen Jungo's driver development tool firstly due to its
easy code generation for all popular programming languages: Borland's Delphi,
C++ Builder, BuilderX, Microsoft's Visual C++, C.Net, Visual Basic and the GNU
C/C++ compilers.
The ease with which the WinDriver kernel module is installed on the user's
target computer as well as the fact that the same code can be used for
different operating systems were also significant advantages offered by
WinDriver. For Servo Halbeck it was particularly important to have a cross
platformed driver supporting Windows 98,ME, 2000, XP and Linux while
maintaining a single driver source code.
"Our new motion controllers, series POSYS 1900 for the PCI bus and the
POSYS 1800 for the ISA (PC/104) bus both require 16 bit I/O for
communication with the motion processor at the fastest possible rate
for command transfers and returning status information. These boards
are also equipped with Dual Port RAM to store complex motion programs
and real time motion status data." Said Reinhold Halbeck, Managing
Director at Servo-Halbeck."Very fast communication is required and
achieved using WinDriver's memory functions, writing and reading 32
bits at the speed of less than 2 micro seconds. It is therefore possible to
store programs with unlimited length by continuously reloading data at
a fast rate into the Dual Port RAM and having the Motion Processor read
it automatically. Real time motion data can also be captured and stored
in the Dual Port RAM and retrieved for display or storage."
Architecture Diagram (POSYS 1900, PCI Bus)
About Servo-Halbeck
Since 1987 when Servo-Halbeck introduced its first PC-based single axis
motion controller, the POSYS® 101 and 1 year later the 2 and 3 axes
versions 102 and 103, the company is now in the phase of the fourth
generation, again proving their high expertise for designing precise,
feature rich but yet cost effective motion controllers. Unrivaled
flexibility and software compatibility through all models allow higher
integration possibilities and faster time-to-market development thereby
reducing all-over costs.
Software support for Windows, Linux (incl. RTLinux) and Solaris operating
systems (dll, shared object libraries, drivers incl. source code for
C/C++ programmers (not for drivers)) are predestined for integration into
all kinds of applications.
The POSYS® motion controllers are meanwhile used in applications like
positioning of satellite or radar dishes, laser beams, optical switches,
electronic and optical microscopes, blood manipulators and other medical
applications, material examination (mechanic and visual), semi conductor
industry, robot handling, high-end aerial scanners, die-bonding, spectral
camera positioning and activating, nano to large linear table
positioning, outdoor oil pipeline inspection, automated vehicle routing,
toothbrush testing machines or even sausage/cheese slicing and packaging
machines and many others. Click
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About WinDriver
Jungo's WinDriver™ automates and simplifies the development of user-mode device drivers and applications for USB / PCI / CardBus / ISA / PCMCIA / PMC / PCI-X / PCI-104 and CompactPCI under Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/XP Embedded/ Server 2003, Windows CE, Linux, Solaris and VxWorks. WinDriver provides a complete solution for creating high performance drivers and custom hardware access applications, thereby enabling developers to focus on their driver's added-value functionality, instead of on operating system internals and the DDK. Enhanced Built-in support is available for Actel, Altera, Atmel, CATC, Cypress, National Semiconductor, PLDA, PLX, QuickLogic, Silicon Laboratories, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Xilinx.
About Jungo
Jungo Software Technologies is a leading supplier of driver development tools, hardware access applications, residential gateway software and embedded USB solutions. Jungo has partnered with leading operation system and silicon vendors to provide the best solutions to software and hardware developers. Jungo is a privately held company with corporate offices in San Jose, California, sales and support offices in Taipei, Texas and London and an R&D center in Israel. Founded in 1998, Jungo's investors include TeleSoft Partners, Conexant, Infineon Ventures and Intel Communications Fund.
