Advanced Micro Controller 2 (AMC2) Summary

Product Purpose and Description

The Converteam Advanced Micro Controller 2 (AMC2) is a rugged, fanless, flange-mounted controller designed for industrial applications. It serves as the main controller box for AMC-PLC, AMC-AU (Automation), and AMC-DP (Dynamic Positioning) systems. The unit is a Converteam design supplied by Eltech, utilizing the Arbor EmE7x-i701 controller board. It is engineered for reliability in harsh environments and is used across Marine Architecture, PEC drive controllers, and general-purpose PLC applications.

Key Features

• Rugged Design: Housed in a small, rugged box for vertical panel mounting. It is type-tested and shock-tested to 15g (IEC1131).

• Fanless Operation: Rated for operation up to 70°C without a fan, enhancing reliability.

• Performance: Based on a low-cost, Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) embedded CPU. A standard 600MHz Celeron M is provided, with a higher performance 1.40 GHz Pentium-M available by special order.

• Integrated I/O: Comes with 5 integrated Ethernet ports, 4 RS232 serial links (3 available for applications), and 2 USB ports.

• Status Indication: Features LED indicators for Power, Healthy, and Running states.

• Expandability: Includes 4 PMC/PC104+ slots for expansion cards like 16-channel serial (Serial 16+), FIP, Profibus Master/Slave, and Fibre Optic Ethernet.

• Identity Management: Equipped with an Identity Dongle port for defining the controller's ID.

Core Specifications

• CPU: 600MHz Celeron M (Standard) / 1.40 GHz Pentium-M (Special Order)

• Memory: 256MB DRAM, 256MB Compact Flash (extractable)

• Power Supply: 24V DC +/-20%, consuming 0.9A

• LAN Ports: 5

• Serial Ports: 4 (RS232)

• USB Ports: 2 (Yamaichi latch system)

• Expansion Slots: 4 x PMC/PC104+

• Dimensions (W x H x D): 234 x 206 x 120 mm

• Software Platforms: Marine Controller (Isagraf), HPCI. VxWorks runtime licenses are required.

Ordering Information (Examples)

The AMC2 is ordered as a pre-assembled kit. Users specify the required ordering code.

• P110-6052: Standard AMC2 Controller with 5 network ports.

• P111-6052: AMC2 Controller with 5 network ports and 1 x Serial16+ card.

• P112-6052: AMC2 Controller with 5 network ports and 2 x Serial16+ cards.

• P121-6052: AMC2 FIP Controller with 5 network ports and 1 FIP card.

• P110-6152: AMC2 Controller with 5 network ports and 1 Profibus Master port.

• P106-6052: AMC2 Controller with Windows XP for general embedded PC applications.