The MESA 5I24 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I24 is a low profile PCI card (available with low profile and standard brackets, standard profile bracket shown here)  Dual FPGA configuration EEPROMs allow simple recovery from programming mistakes. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. All I/O pins support 3.3V LVDS signaling. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 5I24 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts and are compatible with all Mesa 50 pin FPGA daughtercards.

The MESA 6I24 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card for the PCIE bus. The 6I24 is a low profile one lane PCIE card (available with low profile and standard brackets, low profile bracket shown here)   Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. All I/O pins support 3.3V LVDS signaling. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 6I24 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts and are compatible with all Mesa 50 pin FPGA daughtercards.

 
 The MESA 5I25 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I25 is a low profile PCI card (available with low profile and standard brackets, low profile bracket shown here) that uses standard parallel port pinouts and connectors for compatibilty with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time PCI interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 5I25 replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 5I25 is a universal PCI card so will work in 5V and 3.3V systems. the 5I25 provides 34 I/O bits (17 per connector) All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup resistors. A power source option allows the 5I25 to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. This 5V power is protected by a PTC. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. 

There are currently six 5I25 compatible breakout cards available from Mesa, the 7I74 through 7I78 and 7I85. The 7I76 is a step/dir oriented breakout with 5 axis of buffered step/dir outputs, one spindle encoder input, one isolated 0-10V analog spindle speed plus isolated direction and enable outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 7I77 is a analog servo interface with 6 encoder inputs, 6 analog +-10V outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs, and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 5I25 supports two breakout cards so for example a 10 Axis step/dir configuration or 12 axis analog servo configuration is possible with a single 5I25 and two Mesa breakout cards.

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6I25  Superport FPGA based PCIE Anything I/O card

 
 The MESA 6I25 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card for the PCIE bus. The 6I25 is a low profile one lane PCIE card (available with low profile and standard brackets, low profile bracket shown here) that uses standard parallel port pinouts and connectors for compatibilty with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time PCI-Express interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 6I25 replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 6I25 provides 34 I/O bits (17 per connector) All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup resistors. A power source option allows the 6I25 to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. This 5V power is protected by a PTC. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. 

There are currently six 6I25 compatible breakout cards available from Mesa, the 7I74 through 7I78 and 7I85. The 7I76 is a step/dir oriented breakout with 5 axis of buffered step/dir outputs, one spindle encoder input, one isolated 0-10V analog spindle speed plus isolated direction and enable outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 7I77 is a analog servo interface with 6 encoder inputs, 6 analog +-10V outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs, and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 6I25 supports two breakout cards so for example a 10 Axis step/dir configuration or 12 axis analog servo configuration is possible with a single 6I25 and two Mesa breakout cards.

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5I25/6I25 + DAUGHTERCARD + CABLE PLUG-AND-GO KITS

The 5I25 and 6I25 are avalilable in kits with selected daughtercards and the interconnecting cable. Because the supplied cable is guaranteed to be compatible with the 5I25/6I25 and daughtercard, its advantageous for Mesa (fewer field problems) and the customer (the kit price is discounted from the individual component prices) to purchase the kit. Currently kits are available with the 7I76 (shown here)  and 7I77 daughtercards.

 
 The MESA 7I92 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection.   The 7I92 uses standard parallel port pinouts and connectors for compatibilty with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time Ethernet interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 7I92 replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 7I92 has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compability with standard networks for non-real time applications. The 7I92 provides 34 I/O bits (17 per connector) All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup resistors. A power source option allows the 7I92 to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540 and Leadshine MX3660. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. 

There are currently six 7I92 compatible breakout cards available from Mesa, the 7I74 through 7I78 and 7I85. The 7I76 is a step/dir oriented breakout with 5 axis of buffered step/dir outputs, one spindle encoder input, one isolated 0-10V analog spindle speed plus isolated direction and enable outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 7I77 is a analog servo interface with 6 encoder inputs, 6 analog +-10V outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs, and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The7I92 supports two breakout cards so for example a 10 Axis step/dir configuration or 12 axis analog servo configuration is possible with a single 7I92 and two Mesa breakout cards. There are three 7I92 variants, the 7I92, 7I92H and 7I92M. The only difference is in the primary I/O connector: 7I92=DB25F, 7I92H=HDR26, 7I92M=DB25M, the secondary I/O connector is always a HDR26.

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7I92T(F,M,H)  Ethernet Anything I/O card

 
 The MESA 7I92T is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection.  The 7I92T series replaces the 7I92 series cards. Enhanced features include a larger FPGA, better Ethernet ESD protection, and a pullup/pull down option for the I/O pins. The 7I92T uses standard parallel port pinouts and connectors for compatibilty with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time Ethernet interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 7I92T replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 7I92T has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compability with standard networks for non-real time applications. The 7I92T provides 34 I/O bits (17 per connector) All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup resistors. A power source option allows the 7I92T to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540 and Leadshine MX3660. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. 

There are currently six 7I92T compatible breakout cards available from Mesa, the 7I74 through 7I78 and 7I85. The 7I76 is a step/dir oriented breakout with 5 axis of buffered step/dir outputs, one spindle encoder input, one isolated 0-10V analog spindle speed plus isolated direction and enable outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 7I77 is a analog servo interface with 6 encoder inputs, 6 analog +-10V outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs, and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The7I92T supports two breakout cards so for example a 10 Axis step/dir configuration or 12 axis analog servo configuration is possible with a single 7I92T and two Mesa breakout cards. There are three 7I92T variants, the 7I92TF, 7I92TH and 7I92TM. The only difference is in the primary I/O connector: 7I92TF=DB25F, 7I92TH=HDR26, 7I92TM=DB25M, the secondary I/O connector is always a HDR26.

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 The MESA 7I80DB is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection.   The 7I80DB  uses standard parallel port pinouts and connectors for compatibilty with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time Ethernet interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 7I80DB replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 7I80DB has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compability with standard networks for non-real time applications. Dual FPGA configuration EEPROMs allow simple recovery from programming mistakes. The 7I80DB provides 68 I/O bits (17 per connector) All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup resistors. A power source option allows the 7I80DB to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. This 5V power is protected by a PTC. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540 and Leadshine MX3660. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. 

There are currently six 7I80DB compatible breakout cards available from Mesa, the 7I74 through 7I78 and 7I85. The 7I76 is a step/dir oriented breakout with 5 axis of buffered step/dir outputs, one spindle encoder input, one isolated 0-10V analog spindle speed plus isolated direction and enable outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The 7I77 is a analog servo interface with 6 encoder inputs, 6 analog +-10V outputs, one RS-422 expansion port, 32 isolated 5-32V inputs, and 16 isolated 5-32V 300 mA outputs. The7I80DB supports four breakout cards so for example a 20 Axis step/dir configuration or 24 axis analog servo configuration is possible with a single 7I80DB and four Mesa breakout cards.

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 The MESA 7I80HD is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection.    The 7I80HD has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compability with standard networks for non-real time applications. Dual FPGA configuration EEPROMs allow simple recovery from programming mistakes. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. All I/O pins support 3.3V LVDS signaling. Socketed pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 7I80HD has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts and are compatible with all Mesa 50 pin FPGA daughtercards.

 
 The MESA 7I93 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection.    The 7I93 has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compability with standard networks for non-real time applications. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. All I/O pins support 3.3V LVDS signaling. Socketed pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 7I93 has 48 I/O bits available on two 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts and are compatible with all Mesa 50 pin FPGA daughtercards.

 
 The MESA 7I90HD is a very low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with  a EPP parallel, RS-422 serial or  SPI host interface. Dual FPGA configuration EEPROMs allow simple recovery from programming mistakes. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. All I/O pins support 3.3V LVDS signaling. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 7I90HD has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts and are compatible with all Mesa 50 pin FPGA daughtercards.

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7I76E Ethernet interfaced Step&dir plus I/O interface
The 7I76E is a remote FPGA card with Ethernet interface designed for interfacing  up to 5 Axis of step&dir step motor or servo motor drives. The 7I76E also provides a spindle encoder interface, isolated analog spindle speed control and 48 isolated I/O points for general purpose field I/O use. All step and direction outputs are buffered 5V signals that can drive 24 mA.  All outputs support differential  mode to reduce  susceptibility to noise. An isolated analog spindle voltage with direction and enable outputs is provided for spindle control as is a single spindle encoder channel with TTL or differential inputs. 48 points of isolated field I/O are provided for general control use including limit switch and control panel inputs, coolant enable and tool changer control outputs.  Isolated I/O includes 32 sinking inputs and 16 sourcing outputs. Inputs can sense 5V to 32V signals and the outputs can switch 5V through 28V signals.  Maximum output load is 300 mA. Outputs are short circuit protected. In addition to the being able to read digital on/off status of each input,  four input pin voltages are readable with 8 bit resolution, and  two MPG encoder inputs are provided as an option on four  field inputs. Field I/O is powered by an isolated 10-32V field power source. One  RS-422 interface is provided for I/O expansion via a serial I/O daughtercard.  In addition to the on card I/O, two FPGA expansion connectors compatible with Mesa's 25 pin daughtercards allow almost unlimited I/O options including additional quadrature encoder inputs, absolute encoder inputs, step/dir outputs, field I/O expansion etc.  All field wiring is terminated in pluggable 3.5 mm screw terminal blocks.

7I94 Ethernet interfaced 8 channel RS-422/RS-485 I/O interface
The 7I94 is a Ethernet connected motion control interface designed for interfacing  up to eight high speed RS-422 or RS-485 serial devices including Mesa sserial remote interfaces, absolute encoders and general serial interfacing. In addition, a FPGA expansion connector compatible with Mesa's 25 pin daughtercards or standard parallel port breakout boards allow almost unlimited I/O options including additional quadrature or absolute encoder inputs, step/dir or PWM/dir outputs, and field I/O expansion to hundreds of I/O points. The 7I94 mounts in standard 107 mm DIN rail channels and is powered by 8 to 40V DC

7I95 Ethernet interfaced Step&dir&encoder plus I/O interface
The 7I95 is a Ethernet connected motion control interface designed for interfacing  up to 6 Axis of step&dir step motor or servo motor drives and includes encoder feedback for each axis. Step rates up to 10 MHz are supported. The 7I95 also has 24 isolated inputs plus 6 isolated outputs for general purpose I/O use. 6 high speed encoder interfaces are provided axis feedback  and for spindle synchronized motion. Two RS-422/RS485 serial expansion ports  and a parallel expansion port are also provided.
    All step and direction outputs are buffered 5V signals that can drive 24 mA.  All outputs support differential mode to reduce susceptibility to noise.  The encoders can be used with TTL or differential input.
    24 isolated inputs are  provided for general control use including limit switch and control panel inputs. Inputs operate with 3V to 36V DC and can have a positive or negative common for sourcing or sinking input applications. 8 inputs can be used to support up to 4 quadrature MPGs.
Six 36V 2A isolated outputs allow sinking, sourcing combinations of both.
    Two  RS-422/RS-485 interface is provided for I/O expansion via a serial I/O daughtercard.  In addition to the on card I/O, A FPGA expansion connector compatible with Mesa's 25 pin daughtercards or standard parallel port breakout boards allow almost unlimited I/O options including additional quadrature or absolute encoder inputs, step/dir or PWM/dir outputs, and field I/O expansion to hundreds of I/O points.  All field wiring is terminated in pluggable 3.5 mm screw terminal blocks. The 7i95 runs from a single 5V supply

7I96 Ethernet interfaced Step&dir plus I/O interface
The 7I96 is a Ethernet connected motion control interface designed for interfacing  up to 5 Axis of step&dir step motor or servo motor drives. Step rates up to 10 MHz are supported. The 7I96 also has 11 isolated inputs plus 6 isolated outputs for general purpose I/O use. A high speed encoder interface is provided for spindle synchronized motion. A RS-422/RS485 serial expansion port  and a parallel expansion port are also provided.
    All step and direction outputs are buffered 5V signals that can drive 24 mA.  All outputs support differential mode to reduce susceptibility to noise.  The spindle encoder can be used with TTL or differential input.
    11 isolated inputs are  provided for general control use including limit switch and control panel inputs. Inputs operate with 3V to 36V DC and can have a positive or negative common for sourcing or sinking input applications. Six 36V 2A isolated outputs allow sinking, sourcing combinations of both.
    One  RS-422/RS-485 interface is provided for I/O expansion via a serial I/O daughtercard.  In addition to the on card I/O, A FPGA expansion connector compatible with Mesa's 25 pin daughtercards or standard parallel port breakout boards allow almost unlimited I/O options including additional quadrature or absolute encoder inputs, step/dir or PWM/dir outputs, and field I/O expansion to hundreds of I/O points.  All field wiring is terminated in pluggable 3.5 mm screw terminal blocks.

7I96S Ethernet interfaced Step&dir plus I/O interface
    The 7I96S is a Ethernet connected motion control interface designed for interfacing  up to 5 Axis of step and direction step motor or servo motor drives. Step rates up to 10 MHz are supported. The 7I96S also has 11 isolated inputs plus 6 isolated outputs for general purpose I/O use. A high speed encoder interface is provided for spindle synchronized motion and an isolated analog output is provided for spindle speed control. I/O expansion includes a RS-422/RS485 serial port  and a parallel expansion port compatible with Mesa 25 pin daughtercards and standard parallel port breakouts.
    All step and direction outputs are buffered 5V signals that can drive 24 mA.  All outputs support differential mode to reduce susceptibility to noise.  The spindle encoder can be used with TTL or differential input.
    11 isolated inputs provided for general control use including limit switch and control panel inputs. Inputs operate with 4V to 36V DC and can have a positive or negative common for sourcing or sinking input applications. Six 36V isolated outputs allow sinking, sourcing combinations of both. Two of the outputs are high isolation (300V) low current (100 mA) AC SSRs for spindle or plasma control, while 4 outputs are high current (2A) DC SSRS for general purpose use.
    One  RS-422/RS-485 interface is provided for I/O expansion via a serial I/O daughtercard.  In addition to the on card I/O, A FPGA expansion connector compatible with Mesa's 25 pin daughtercards or standard parallel port breakout boards allow almost unlimited I/O options including additional quadrature or absolute encoder inputs, step/dir or PWM/dir outputs, and field I/O expansion to hundreds of I/O of points.  All field wiring is terminated in pluggable 3.5 mm screw terminal blocks.

7I97 Ethernet interfaced Analog servo plus I/O interface
The 7I97 is a Ethernet connected motion control interface designed for interfacing  up to 6 Axis of analog servo motor drives and includes encoder feedback for each axis. The 7I97 has 6 +-10V analog outputs and 6 drive enable outputs. The 7I97 also has 16 isolated inputs plus 6 isolated outputs for general purpose I/O use. 6 high speed encoder interfaces are provided axis feedback  and for spindle synchronized motion. A RS-422/RS485 serial expansion ports  and a parallel expansion port are also provided. The encoders can be used with TTL or differential input.
16  isolated inputs are  provided for general control use including limit switch and control panel inputs. Inputs operate with 3V to 36V DC and can have a positive or negative common for sourcing or sinking input applications. 8 inputs can be used to support up to 4 quadrature MPGs.
Six 36V 2A isolated outputs allow sinking, sourcing combinations of both.
A RS-422/RS-485 interface is provided for I/O expansion via a serial I/O daughtercard.  In addition to the on card I/O, A FPGA expansion connector compatible with Mesa's 25 pin daughtercards or standard parallel port breakout boards allow almost unlimited I/O options including additional quadrature or absolute encoder inputs, step/dir or PWM/dir outputs, and field I/O expansion to hundreds of I/O points.  All field wiring is terminated in pluggable 3.5 mm screw terminal blocks.

 
  The MESA 7I98 is a low cost, general purpose, FPGA based programmable I/O card with 100 BaseT Ethernet host connection.   The 7I98 uses standard parallel port pinouts and and provides 3 connectors compatible with most parallel port interfaced motion control / CNC breakout cards/ multi axis step motor drives, allowing a motion control performance boost while retaining a reliable real time Ethernet interface. Unlike the parallel port that the 7I98 replaces, each I/O bit has individually programmable direction and function. The 7I98 has a simplified UDP host data transfer system that allows operation in real time if required and compability with standard networks for non-real time applications. The 7I98 provides 51 I/O bits (17 per connector x 3 connectors). All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and have pullup or pulldown resistors. A power source option allows the 7I98 to supply 5V power to breakout boards if desired. Firmware modules are provided for hardware step generation, quadrature encoder counting,  PWM generation, digital I/O,  Smart Serial remote I/O, BISS, SSI, SPI, UART interfaces and more.  Configurations are available that are compatible with common breakout cards and multi axis step motor drives like the Gecko G540 and Leadshine MX3660. All motion control firmware is open source and easily modified to support new functions or different mixes of functions. 

 
  The MESA 5I22 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I22 uses a  1 or 1.5M gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, including micro-controllers in the FPGA.   Several pre-made functions are provided, including  a 16 channel host based servo motor controller, a  4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (DSP built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 200 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples.   All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. One connector supports LVDS signaling on 10 pairs. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 5I22 has 96 I/O bits available on four 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts.

5I23 FPGA based PCI  Anything I/O card

 
  The MESA 5I23 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I23 uses a 400K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, including micro-controllers in the FPGA.   Several pre-made functions are provided, including  a 12 channel host based servo motor controller, a  4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (DSP built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples.   All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. One connector supports LVDS signaling on 10 pairs. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 5I23 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts.

 
 The MESA 5I20 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I20 uses a  200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, even including micro-controllers in the FPGA.   Several pre-made functions are provided, including  a 12 channel host based servo motor controller, a  4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (micro-controller CPU built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples.   All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 5I20 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts.

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5I21  FPGA based PCI  RS-422/RS-485 I/O card

 
  The MESA 5I21 is a programmable serial interface card for the PCI bus. The 5I21 is designed for applications using RS-422 and RS-485 interfaces. The 5I21 can support up to 12 full duplex RS-422 or half duplex RS-485 serial links with baud rates up to 10 M baud. The 5I21 uses a 400K gate Spartan3 FPGA and a bus mastering PCI bridge for high performance. Since all serial logic is FPGA based, almost any RS-422/RS485 protocol can be supported. The I/O connector is a 68 pin high density type compatible with standard 100 ohm differential cables. On card serial line termination includes idle line pullups and pulldowns to guarantee a valid undriven input state. The 5I21 is suitable for high performance motion control systems, Industrial I/O, Custom real time distributed I/O, time code generation, supporting legacy hardware, and almost any high speed serial interface application that requires a flexible, high performance, universal serial interface card.

 The MESA 7I43 is a low cost, general purpose programmable I/O card that connects to the host computer via USB or PC parallel port. The 7I43 uses a 200K or 400K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the USB or Parallel port bus side, and also has the capability of local configuration storage in an on card EEPROM. Efficient switching regulators are used for FPGA core and 3.3V power, allowing the 7I43 to be USB bus powered. The 7I43 can also be powered by an external 5V source. A FTDI FT245R USB interface chip is used for the USB interface. Drivers are available for Windows and Linux. The drivers avaliable for the FT245R make the software interface a simple buffered byte stream. Parallel port bus interface uses EPP mode.  A 50 MHz oscillator provides the FPGA clock. This clock can be multiplied or divided in the FPGA for other clock rates. The 7I43 has 48 I/O bits available on two 50 pin connectors. Both connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant, and have series and parallel termination options (DCI). The I/O connectors are compatible with our 7 series daughter cards for isolated I/O, motion control and other applications. Configurations are provided for simple GPIO, Smart Motion control (SoftDMC), host based motion control (HostMot2), and a waveform generator.

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7I43H  FPGA based High Speed USB Anything I/O card  
 The MESA 7I43H is a low cost, general purpose programmable I/O card that connects to the host computer via USB. The 7I43H uses  a 400K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the USB, and also has the capability of local configuration storage in an on card EEPROM. Efficient switching regulators are used for FPGA core and 3.3V power, allowing the 7I43H to be USB bus powered. The 7I43H can also be powered by an external 5V source. A FTDI FT2232H high speed USB interface chip is used for the USB interface allowing transfer rates up to 25 MBytes per second. Drivers are available for Windows and Linux. The drivers avaliable for the FT2232H make the software interface a simple buffered byte stream.  A 50 MHz oscillator provides the FPGA clock. This clock can be multiplied or divided in the FPGA for other clock rates. The 7I43H has 48 I/O bits available on two 50 pin connectors. Both connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant, and have series and parallel termination options (DCI). The I/O connectors are compatible with our 7 series daughter cards for isolated I/O, motion control and other applications. Configurations are provided for simple GPIO, Smart Motion control (SoftDMC), host based motion control (HostMot2), and a waveform generator.

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7I61  FPGA based High Speed USB Anything I/O card  
 The MESA 7I61 is a low cost, general purpose programmable I/O card that connects to the host computer via USB. The 7I61 uses  a XC6SLX16 or XC6SLX25  Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the USB, and also has the capability of local configuration storage in an on card EEPROM. Efficient switching regulators are used for FPGA core and 3.3V power, allowing the 7I61 to be USB bus powered. The 7I61 can also be powered by an external 5V source. A FTDI FT2232H high speed USB interface chip is used for the USB interface allowing transfer rates up to 25 MBytes per second. Drivers are available for Windows and Linux. The drivers avaliable for the FT2232H make the software interface a simple buffered byte stream.  A 50 MHz oscillator provides the FPGA clock. This clock can be multiplied or divided in the FPGA for other clock rates. The 7I61 has 96 I/O bits available on four 50 pin connectors. Both connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant, LVDS signaling is supported on all an I/O pairs. The I/O connectors are compatible with our 7 series daughter cards for isolated I/O, motion control and other applications. Configurations are provided for simple GPIO, Smart Motion control (SoftDMC), host based motion control (HostMot2), and a waveform generator.

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3X20  External PCIE Anything I/O daughtercard   

7I68  3X2X cabled PCIE motherboard   

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4I69 FPGA based PC104-PLUS Anything I/O card

  The MESA 4I69 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 4I69 uses a XC6SLX16 or XC6SLXC25  Xilinx Spartan6 FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an  Anything I/O  card. The FPGA configuration is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function. The 4I69 uses a bus mastering PCI bridge to give  the card the ability to work with both 5V and 3.3V PCI buses and support high FPGA/PCI bus transfer rates.  Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 12 axis host based servo motor controller, a 24 channel quadrature counter, an 8 axis micro-controller based servo motor controller (SoftDMC), a simple 72 bit parallel I/O port, and a 12 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all functions.  
The 4I69 uses three 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pin-outs and interleaved grounds. Two of the connectors support 3.3V signals. One connector supports selectable 3.3V or 2.5V signals. All signal pairs support LVDS signaling.  A signed 12 bit 1 MSPS A-D option with 8 inputs provides +-10V, +-5V, +-2.5V and 0 to 10V analog input capabilities. All IO can be 5V tolerant. Each connector provides 24 I/O bits for a total of 72 programmable I/O bits.  A 50 Mhz crystal oscillator provides a reference clock which can be multiplied by the FPGAs DLLs for higher clock speeds. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 4I69. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interfaces, RS-422/485 interfaces, encoder interfaces, resolver interfaces, debug LED cards and more.  

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4I68 FPGA based PC104-PLUS Anything I/O card

  The MESA 4I68 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 4I68 uses a 400K gate Xilinx Spartan3 FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an  Anything I/O  card. The FPGA configuration is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function. The 4I68 uses a bus mastering PCI bridge to give  the card the ability to work with both 5V and 3.3V PCI buses and support high FPGA/PCI bus transfer rates.  Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 12 axis host based servo motor controller, a 24 channel quadrature counter, an 8 axis micro-controller based servo motor controller (SoftDMC), a simple 72 bit parallel I/O port, and a 12 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all functions.  
The 4I68 uses three 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pin-outs and interleaved grounds. Two of the connectors support single ended 3.3V signals. One connector supports 3.3V or 2.5V signals and LVDS. DCI termination is supported on all I/O pins. Each connector provides 24 I/O bits for a total of 72 programmable I/O bits.  A 50 Mhz crystal oscillator provides a reference clock which can be multiplied by the FPGAs DLLs for higher clock speeds. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 4I68. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card.
 

4I65 FPGA based PC104-PLUS Anything I/O card

 The MESA 4I65 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104-PLUS bus. The 4I65 uses a  200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PC/104-PLUS bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, even including micro-controllers in the FPGA.   Several pre-made functions are provided, including  a 12 channel host based servo motor controller, a  4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (SoftDMC), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples.   All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 4I65 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 4I65. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card.
 

  The MESA 4I38 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104 bus. The 4I38 uses a 1M or 1.5M gate Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O  card. The FPGA can be configured from the PC/104 side or can be configured automatically at power up via the on card serial flash EEPROM. All PC/104 lines are connected to the FPGA, allowing the 4I38 to be used a a PC/104 bus master or for testing PC/104 cards. 48 I/O lines are provided via two 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pinouts and interleaved grounds. A full Duplex RS-422 port is also provided for remote communication.

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  The MESA 4I39 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104 bus. The 4I39 uses a 200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O  card. The 4I39 is designed for RS-422 applications and provides 8 full duplex isolated RS-422 interfaces. Each interface is capable of 10 Mb per second communication. The FPGA configuration is downloaded from the PC/104 bus interface. In addition to the RS-422 I/O, 24 5V tolerant TTL I/O lines are provided via a 50 pin connector with I/O module rack compatible pinout. The 4I39 is useful for motion control systems, interfacing SSI type encoders, as a general purpose high speed serial interface card, interfacing legacy hardware and devices with proprietary protocols.

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  4I34  FPGA based Anything I/O card

  The MESA 4I34 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104 bus. The 4I34 uses a 100K or 200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O  card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PC/104 bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, including micro-controllers in the FPGA.   Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 64 channel event capture card, an 8 channel host based servo motor controller, a 4 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (micro-controller CPU built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples.   All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc.   The 4I34 is available in 2 versions, the 4I34 with 64 I/O bits and the 4I34M with 48 I/O bits. The 4I34 uses two 40 pin connectors with proprietary pinouts, while the 4I34M uses two 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pinouts and interleaved grounds
 

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7I60 FPGA based standalone Anything I/O card

 The 7I60 is a standalone (no bus) version of the FPGA based Anything I/O card series. It provides 96 I/O bits and 4 serial ports.   There are 2 RS-232 ports and 2 RS- 485 ports. One of the RS-232  serial ports is used for downloading initial configurations to the on-card Flash EEPROM for FPGA configuration, the other ports can be used for any purpose.  The 96 I/O bits are available on four 50 pin connectors, 24 bits per connector. The 50 pin connectors have I/O module rack compatible pinouts. The connector pinout uses interleaved grounds for lower crosstalk and controlled impedance. Socketed pull-up resistor networks (or optional termination networks) are provided for all I/O bits.   PwrGood, Done, Init and status LEDs are provided for debugging puposes as are 8 FPGA driven LEDs and a FPGA driven beeper. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 7I60. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card. 2 daughter cards can plug directly onto the 7I60.  Many IO configuration files are provided with the 7I60 including simple remote I/O, smart remote I/O, 4 and 8 axis servo motion control, 4 and 8 axis microstepping stepper motor control, multiple channel PWM generator, quadrature counters and more. VHDL source is provided for all configurations.  2 FPGA system clocks are provided: a 50MHZ Crystal and a 25, 33, 50, 66, 80 MHz PLL.  The 7I60 uses a 200K gate Xilinx SpartanII FPGA. Free development tools for The SpartanII are available (Xilinx WebPack) from Xilinx s web site.