Controllers & Software

An easy way to control deflection systems, lasers and machine peripherals

CUA32

32 bit steering board for rhothor™ Smart Deflectors

  • integrated AC/DC power supply (100-240VAC/0.4A)
  • galvanic isolated USB and TCP/IP host interface
  • galvanic isolated laser output
  • connect with up to 3 rhothor smart deflectors at 20 bit setpoint resolution
  • connect with up to 3 stepper drivers (PULSE/DIR)
  • synchronised deflector and stepper motion
  • support dual axis on the fly marking
  • directional multiphase wobble functions for laser welding and cutting
  • ESD and short circuit protected IO's
  • common voltage input for open emitter outputs (5 to 24V)
  • up to 4 analog inputs (5V @ 8 bit)
  • up to 12 digital inputs (5 to 24V)
  • up to 4 analog outputs (5V @ 10 bit)
  • up to 8 open emitter digital outputs (200mA)
  • integrated CAN and UART interface
  • 512 Mbit flash memory for stand alone operation
  • DIN rail mountable
  • back plane bus for master-slave network (up to 8 devices)
  • USB Plug-And-Play installation support for Windows10
  • Dll driver software for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows10

Development funded by EU, through the ultraSurface project
EU funded

rhothor 32 bit steering board

CUA-XXX

CUA-USB & CUA-ETH steering board for rhothor™ Smart Deflectors

  • USB or Ethernet connection to host
  • SDP transfer protocol support
  • XY and Z channel
  • master-slave (unlimited slaves)
  • Combined On-The-Fly (X+Y)
  • extended wobble functions
  • CAN and UART interface to peripherals
  • flash job
  • On-board calibration tables
  • 16 Bit setpoint steering
  • 5 µs cycle time
  • 7 configurable RS485 I/O
rhothor CUA-ETH controller

CUA-XXX-XY2

CUA-USB-XY2 & CUA-ETH-XY2 controller for deflection systems with XY2-100 interface

  • USB or Ethernet connection to host
  • Standard XY2-100 output
  • Supports XY2-100 18-bit setpoint output
  • XY and Z channel
  • master-slave (unlimited slaves)
  • Combined On-The-Fly (X+Y)
  • extended wobble functions
  • CAN and UART interface to peripherals
  • flash job
  • On-board calibration tables
  • 5 µs cycle time
  • 7 configurable RS485 I/O
rhothor CUA-ETH-XY2 controller

CUA Add-ons

CUA controllers have several add-ons for expanding the rhothor functionality.

These include: CAN interface, UART interface, integrated Laser support, analog output, ...

AppLink-03

  • PWM to analog convertor
  • plug-in design
  • converts CUA Output 5 into analog output
  • 5V or 10V output modules available
  • integrated library functions

LLink-08

  • dedicated adapter for IPG YLP series
  • dongle design for plug-in Laser side
  • single twisted pair connection to CUA
  • support Interface 'Type B', 'Type B1' and 'Type B2'
  • support Interface 'Type D', 'Type D1'
  • support Interface 'Type E'
  • integrated library functions

UARTlink

  • UART interface
  • plug-in design
  • integrated library functions

CANlink

  • interface to CANbus networks
  • CANopen protocol support
  • plug-in design
  • integrated library functions

rhothor Software

Diagnostic Software & application library

The rhothor™ laser deflection system is a completely digital driven scan head. This hardware architecture gives the user the possibility to modify the system's internal dynamic behaviour.

  • Configure and diagnose your deflection system with rhothor.exe, modify and test the behaviour of the deflection head.
  • Build rich laser applications with the extended rhothor™ application libary.

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rhothor.exe GUI

Flight Software

Flight Software Development Kit & Template applications

Flight SDK is designed to easily integrate laser marking technology into software environments. With a set of ActiveX components the SDK offers a starters platform for integrators.

The SDK supports .NET, Visual Studio 6, 2002, 2003 and more; many languages as C#, C++, VB, VB.NET or other development tools like Delphi, Labview...

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Flight SDK