An intelligent industrial revolution is sweeping the field of industrial control, and the industry's requirements for motor control are growing rapidly. Motor control is an important area of ​​MCU application. It can be said to serve all aspects of our work and life, and it also occupies the largest part of energy consumption, so how to achieve efficient control of the motor is very important. As the smart industry slams the industry 4.0 storm and the design of the motor itself is constantly optimized, and the corresponding control methods are also changing, which makes the demand for performance of the motor controller continue to rise. Motor control is facing many challenges, and it is also a huge new market opportunity. How to grasp it is very necessary. Let's take a look at how XMOS actively responds.
Industrial control intelligence is a general trend, and industrial robots have promising applications, so MCUs that play an important role in robot motor control will benefit significantly. At this stage, the robotic arm has begun to play an important role in the production line of the smart factory, which can replace the manual welding, painting and assembly processes to achieve a more economical, fast and accurate standard of routine work; The robotic arm is gaining more and more attention, and the microcontroller that plays a heavy role in the control of the robotic motor will have a very huge market prospect. XMOS CEO Nigel Toon said that XMOS is very optimistic about the development of industrial control, XMOS products are also very suitable for application in the field of industrial control, this show of the dancing spider, controlled by a chip 26 motors, realized Perfect multi-axis control, and the coordination between the motors is very harmonious, reflecting the superior control of XMOS products.
Because the robotic arm usually involves multiple operating mechanisms, and each other has its own functions but also needs to coordinate with each other, the controller or processor built into the robot is responsible for the task. Moreover, the degree of freedom of the robot system (Deves of Freedom, DOF) depends on the number of moving joints. The more the number of joints, the higher the degree of freedom, the better the displacement accuracy, but the number of motors that must be used is relatively large; in other words The more sophisticated industrial robots, the greater the number of built-in motors, the greater the number of controllers or processors. The XMOS uses a chip to control 26 high-precision motors.
Dancing spider: one chip controls 26 motors
XMOS CEO Nigel Toon
According to Nigel Toon, xCore is a new architecture proposed by XMOS, a 32-bit high-performance multi-core event-driven processing device. It can complete control functions like MCU, standard timing like FPGA, and more complex data processing like DSP. It can be described as a combination of MCU, FPGA and DSP. xCore and its unique architecture can do things that ordinary MCUs can't do. Its versatile xCORETM multicore microcontroller with Hardware-ResponseTM functionality provides a unique combination that combines parallel multitasking, execution time deterministic performance with a rich software-defined external device library The support is combined to meet specific design needs. This makes xCore multicore microcontrollers ideal for demanding embedded applications in audio, automotive, consumer and industrial products.
In addition, we have noticed that in many cases, users want to implement some system control functions and motor control functions in one chip. XMOS's leading multi-core microprocessor technology and configurable XCoreTM multi-core microcontrollers Can effectively meet customer needs. It can even be customized according to customer needs, easy to expand, and can add other cores such as ARM, that is, one of the cores in the multi-core is placed on the core required by the customer. Moreover, the introduction of xCore's latest architecture, ease of development, and high security confidentiality provide a reference for product innovation and security, and create different advantages from traditional microprocessor device solutions.
XMOS Asia Pacific Sales Director Li Jinlong said that XMOS has now cooperated with mainstream agents including Xiaolong International, Zhou Ligong and Junlong Technology to promote the popularization of XMOS products in the Chinese market. It is understood that some Chinese manufacturers are now widely recognized internationally based on some of the most innovative results of XMOS technology and product development, such as OPPO in its award-winning BDP-105D universal enthusiast 3D Blu-ray player. XMOS' xCORE high-definition USB audio solution is used in other products. XMOS' xCORE USB audio solution has been proven to deliver the highest quality USB audio with asynchronous audio clocks supported by xCORE technology, which supports DSD formats via dedicated USB DAC inputs, including standard rate DSD (DSD64) and double rate DSD (DSD128 or DSD2x) provides jitter-free (noise) operation and superior sound quality.
In the field of industrial control, the requirements for control efficiency and accuracy are constantly improving. High-precision robots not only require high-efficiency motors, but more importantly, servo control systems. The servo control system is like an intelligent neural network. It is an automatic control system with mechanical position or angle as the control object. The control chip is very important. The control chip can better improve the efficiency of motor control. The requirement for energy saving is also a major challenge in the current market. XMOS can effectively meet the requirements of industrial control for intelligence, high precision and low latency, and the power consumption is not high.
In addition, XMOS' versatile configurable xCORE® multi-core microcontrollers enable engineers to create truly-required hardware systems in a software-defined manner for their application needs, and can save significant peripherals and boards through software-defined peripherals. Level space, based on the C language programming environment, can help design engineers quickly enter the design state, and support the download and use of various IP, reducing development cycle.
It is worth mentioning that XMOS will also aggressively enter the automotive electronics market and launch a series of xCORE multi-core microcontrollers certified to the AEC-Q100 standard. The first is because the xCORE architecture is an ideal component for many automotive applications, from automotive infotainment and driver assistance to powertrain control. Secondly, XMOS obtained the AEC-Q100 standard certification, indicating that the quality and stability of XMOS products can meet the extremely demanding applications of automotive electronics.
According to the data of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), China will become the world's largest robot market in 2014. By 2015, the domestic supply of domestic industrial robots will exceed 20,000 units per year, and the number of units will exceed 130,000 units. Moreover, in recent years, relevant agencies of the Chinese government have successively issued a series of documents aimed at strengthening the support for the industrial robot industry. In the future, industrial robots will have more extensive and in-depth applications in the automotive industry, communications electronics, metal products, chemical plastics, and home appliance industries, and XMOS can also hope to catch up with this wave of industrial automation.
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