Chapter 1 Introduction to NI-Motion
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Figure1 -3 shows the components of the NI 73xx motion controllers.

Figure 1-3. Typical NI 73xx Motion Controller Functional Architecture

Figure1-4 shows the components of the NI SoftMotion contro ller.

Figure 1-4. NI SoftMotion Controller Functional Architecture

Bus
Control Loop
Trajectory Generation
Supervisory Control
To drive
From
feedback
& sensors

Typical NI 73xx Motion Controller Architecture

Microcontroller running RTOS/DSPs/FPGAs
Host
Analog & Digital I/O
Bus
Control Loop
Trajectory Generation
Supervisory Control
To drive
From
feedback
& sensors

NI SoftMotion Controller Architecture

Any CPU on a real-time environment
Host
Analog & Digital I/O
Software is separate from the I/O