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AKD BASIC

AKD BASIC drives provide all the performance features of our leading AKD Series, along with built-in machine and motion control that can be programmed in BASIC programming language from AKD WorkBench. These drives can eliminate the need for a separate PLC or allow machine designers to customize drive functionality.

Current Firmware Version1.20.00.001
Firmware Release DateDecember 2020
Current Hardware RevisionEA
Current Hardware Release Date01/01/2014
Part Number SchemeOpen the PDF
See the WorkBench article for details about the software used to configure and manage the drives.

AKD BASIC (AKD-T...) is programmable via BASIC language.

Variants & Related Products

  • 120/240 VAC
  • 240/480 VAC
  • (AKD-Tzzzyy-IC..) offers a built-in I/O option board with additional digital and analog I/Os.
  • AKD PDMM (AKD-Mzzzyy-MC..) offers integrated motion controller and programmable machine control.
  • AKD C/N (AKD-C|Nzzzyy-xx) is a decentralized drive system.

Interfaces

Digital/analog I/OsDigital/analog I/Os with I/O option boardPosition output (encoder emulation)Software interfacesMultiFeedback
  • 1  programmable analog input
  • 1  programmable analog output
  • 7 programmable digital inputs
  • 2 programmable digital outputs
  • 1 relais output (fault)
  • 1 Enable input
  • 1 STO input
  • 2  programmable analog inputs
  • 2  programmable analog outputs
  • 19 programmable digital inputs
  • 10 programmable digital outputs
  • 1 relais output (fault)
  • 2 programmable relais outputs
  • 1 Enable input
  • 1 STO input
  • Emulation incremental encoder
  • Ethernet TCP/IP Service channel
  • Modbus TCP Service channel

Hardware Expansions

  • (AKD-Tzzzyy-IC..) offers a built-in I/O option board with additional digital and analog I/Os.

AKD BASIC Hardware Revision Number

Hardware Revision Firmware Version Date Remarks
DA 1.6 30.05.2012 Starting version, incl. AKD HWR D and I/O board HWR A
EA 1.13.0 – 1.17.00.000 2014-12 Hardware revision for export classification traceability purposes
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