Micromax Sensors & Automation Unitronics Vision1040 PLC

Micromax Sensors & Automation has released the Unitronics Vision1040 PLC and integrated HMI that allows machine manufacturers and system integrators to add both a 10.4″ colour touch screen equipped with nine programmable function key display and full PLC functionality to their systems.

Users have up to 1024 I/O options, a USB programming port, data logging and a built-in recipe capability.

Industrial control processes can now rely on a single device as it can use 24 auto-tuned PID loops to control temperature, level and pressure, while the 16-bit, 65 K SVGA colour touch screen displays data, colour trend graphs and alarm screens. Display options are almost endless, with more than 1000 user-designed screens and up to 500 images per application.

The memory holds 2 MB of application logic, plus 1 MB for fonts and 80 MB for images. Features include Micro SD card memory storage for data logging and backup, complete PLC cloning and more. The controller is fast, scanning 1 K of a typical application in 9 µs - making it a natural for ‘rapid response’ applications such as packaging machines.

Communication options include TCP/IP ethernet, mobile and industrial protocols such as Modbus, DF1 slave, J1939, CANopen and more. In addition, it can be ‘taught’ to communicate via almost any device-based protocol.