New UEIPAC Series of Programmable Automation Controllers

By DE Editors

United Electronic Industries (Canton, MA) recently released the UEIPAC series of Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs). Using the UEIPAC, applications written on your PC are deployed on the cube and run fully standalone.

The UEIPAC Cube is a self-contained controller that includes an embedded computer running the standard Linux OS, two Ethernet ports, a serial port, an SD Card interface, an inter-PAC sync interface, and either three or six slots for I/O boards. The Cubes have been tested from -40 °C to +85 °C, at 5g vibration, 50g shock, and up to 70,000 feet.

The UEIPAC 300 allows the installation of up to 3 I/O boards. The UEIPAC 600 is slightly larger at 4 in. X 4.1 in. X 5.8 in. and allows the installation of up to 6 I/O boards (containing up to 150 analog inputs or 288 DIO). There are currently over 20 different I/O boards available including analog input, analog output, digital I/O, counter/timer, quadrature Encoder, serial I/O, CAN bus, and ARINC-429 interfaces.

Both models are available now. Price: $1,495 (UEIPAC 300); $1,795 (UEIPAC 600). For complete details on the UEIPAC series, go to ueidaq.com/PAC.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.