Numerical control system having multi-core processor
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsMitsuo Kurakake, Toru Kobayashi
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Abstract
A motor driving amplifier and a numerical controller are connected to each other via communication to configure a numerical control system. The numerical controller includes a numerical control unit, a motor control unit, and an amplifier interface unit. Furthermore, a motor control processor included in the motor control unit is a multi-core processor.
Claims10
A numerical control system having a motor driving amplifier which drives a motor included in a machine and a numerical controller connected to the motor driving amplifier via communication, the numerical controller comprising:
- a numerical control processor outputting a moving instruction;
- a motor control processor outputting an instruction for driving the motor based on the moving instruction from the numerical control processor;
- a communication interface of the motor driving amplifier which drives the motor based on the instruction from the motor control processor;
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- an amplifier interface unit connecting the numerical control processor and the motor control processor together, wherein
- the motor control processor is a multi-core processor, and wherein the numerical control processor is allocated to a core of the multi-core processor.
A numerical control system having a motor driving amplifier which drives a motor included in a machine and a numerical controller connected to the motor driving amplifier via communication, the numerical controller comprising:
- a numerical control processor outputting a moving instruction;
- a motor control processor outputting an instruction for driving the motor based on the moving instruction from the numerical control processor;
- a communication interface of the motor driving amplifier which drives the motor based on the instruction from the motor control processor;
- an amplifier interface unit connecting the numerical control processor and the motor control processor together;
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- a programmable machine controller processor which controls a DI/DO signal to the machine and exchanges data with the numerical control unit, wherein
- the motor control processor is a multi-core processor and the programmable machine controller processor is allocated to a core of the multi-core processor.
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