Advantech’s PC-based Controllers provide an open development environment with optional support for software like SoftLogic and HMI/SCADA. Advantech’s PC-based controllers have two different product lines, one is APAX-5000 series, and the other is ADAM-5000 series. The APAX-5000 series provides an open development architecture, high computing CPUs (APAX-5570XPE/5571XPE), and flexible I/O functions that increase the control system’s scalability and flexibility to fulfill the various needs of industrial applications. The ADAM-5000 series offers two different data acquisition and control systems to allow field I/O devices to easily connect to PC network applications, ADAM-5000 and ADAM-5510.

Programmable Automation Controllers play an important role for CPU-heavy control tasks. PACs define the new generation of industrial controllers which feature the PC’s openness, high performance CPU, rich memory and powerful software functionality as well as PLC’s reliability and robustness.

Advantech offers application ready platforms ranging from industrial workstations and industrial-grade CPUs to motion control, encoder input and isolated I/O cards for general motion control (GMC) applications which could be widely applied in SMT/PCB, semiconductor, LCD manufacturing industries, and more. Furthermore, Advantech provides a full-range of industrial computing platforms that include high-brightness LCD displays, keypads, (up to) 20-slot backplanes and redundant power supplies for machine builders. Advantech’s motion control cards have 3 and 4-axis inputs with pulse-type and voltage-pulse models. Finally, Advantech also provides a complete line of AMONet (Advantech Motion Network) distributed motion modules. All of the cards are supported by complete motion control libraries under DOS and Windows OS.

Software plays a vital role in developing more effective automation control systems. Advantech’s advanced PAC-related software solutions are more complete, more integrated and more open, providing excellent capabilities to communicate with other devices, especially for data acquisition, testing and measurement, and control applications.