Advantech, a global leader in Industrial Computing, has won another 'Taiwan Excellence' award, this time for their new generation PAC controller - the ADAM-5550KW. Selected out of 487 pieces of work, the judges, composed of the officials from the Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, emphasizing its resource integration, bestowed upon the PAC controller an award that is a symbol of its innovation.

PAC's are powerful and versatile controllers combining a PLC's ruggedness with a PC's functionality under a flexible, open architecture. The robust ADAM-5550KW allows users to build complex systems with advanced control, communication, data logging, and signal processing capabilities. ADAM-5550KW is designed for users who need a high performance and cost-effective solution for complex control applications.

Multi-domain Functionality

The extremely versatile ADAM-5550KW can serve multiple domains and is able to handle complex control requirements, high speed analog measurement, multiple programs with different cycle times, open communication functions, and enterprise-level network integration. Furthermore, the ADAM-5550KW has been specifically designed to handle distributed motion control functions with PLCopen-compliant motion control function blocks.

Powerful Hardware & Software Compatibilities

Advantech's ADAM-5550KW PAC provides a suite of useful I/O capabilities (including a local VGA port for convenient HMI functionality) which allows a high level of deployment options. Coupled with its comprehensive software support, including DiagAnywhere Remote Maintenance Software, MULTIPROG, ProConOS, and WindowsCE 5.0, the ADAM-5500KW can be easily implemented as a single programming tool across multiple applications.

Open Architecture & Versatile Connectivity

The use of Ethernet TCP/IP, Internet and IT standards (SQL, OPC, Web Server, FTP Server, and email alarm functions), maximizes data integration throughout an enterprise. In a collaborative manufacturing environment, the multi-functional capabilities of ADAM-5550KW enable easy access and exchange of production process information, and connect factory-floor operations to enterprise-level systems. Moreover, ADAM-5540KW complies with many PLC certifications including IEC 61000-6-2(EMS), IEC 61000-6-4(EMI), IEC 60068-2-6(Vibration) and IEC 60068-2-27(Shock).a