Download for 7342 motion control

Are there any downloads avaliable to control an xy stage using Labview 6.1 and a PCI-7342 motion control card?

Two Axis Vector Move with Position Monitor.vi located in the Multiple Axis.llb ('default LabVIEW path'\Examples\Motion\FlexMotion\) demonstrates two-axis motion and should work with the PCI-7342. That example demonstrates the fundamentals of two-axis vector move but if you need a more specific example let me know.
Yusuf C.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

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We are planning to use two NI 9514 modules for 2-axis motion (2D motion) control which involves Circular Motion. Is it compulsory to use the NI Softmotion module with NI 9514 for the motion control? Also would like to know, if it is compulsory to use the Softmotion module, then what is the estimated gate usage?
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Pradeep.

Pradeep,
the NI 9514 is meant to be used in scan mode without the need of FPGA programming. The module runs the motion control onboard, so it doesn't use a lot of FPGA resources. NI-SoftMotion in combination with the NI 9514 only requires resources on the RT controller, so the only part that requires significant FPGA resources is the scan engine itself. Depending on the FPGA type the gate usage of the scan engine varies, but a rough estimate is, that it requires about 1 M gates.
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Hello JMJ,
Here are my answers to your questions:
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Sorry, but I have to add my 2 cents to this thread .
@AK2DM
thank you for suggesting a 73xx device for this purpose instead of a DAQ device
@bighead
apart from the fact, that the 7604's connector is designed to be connected to a 73xx device, there a a lot of functional reasons, why in general a DAQ board is not a good fit for a motion control application. Here you can find some more information about this topic.
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Hi GG,
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>create your own external circuitry to amplify the signal.>
True a few op-amps could amplify and filter the signal externally but the performance of such an amateur built system will never match the accuracy and functionality of the 1520 SCXI. That’s why we spent the $2500 for the professional version.
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As I understand it the UMI is basically a break out connectivity interface for third party drives. After conditioning and amplifying the analog force signal with the SCXI module the analog signal isn’t available to wire into a UMI. To my knowledge the conditioned signal of the SCXI resides only in the PXI backplane (i.e. there is no physical access to the conditioned analog signal). Can you explain how the UMI could be help here.
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Simitci,
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