System Overview

The PG Motion System is a Robot Controller option that includes a software component of Epson RC+ and one or more Pulse Generator boards. The customer supplies the drives and motors using third party equipment.

The PG Motion System supports up to 4 PG boards for RC700-A, RC700-D, 3 PG boards for RC700-E, RC800-A and 2 PG boards for RC90. Each board has four channels, which allows a total of sixteen joints for RC700-A, RC700-D, 12 joints for RC700-E and eight joints for RC90. A PG robot can have from 1 to 4 joints for Cartesian coordinate robot, 1 to 7 joints for the Joint type robot.

Included in this package:

  • Pulse Generator board (hereinafter referred to as PG board)
  • PG board label (attached only if the PG board is purchased separately)

A PG board cable is available as an optional part. This cable is configured as shown below:

Symbol Description
a PG board
b 100 Pin
c 50 Pin×2, 57FE-30500-20N (D8) (DDK)