Integrated controller and touch screen

The Unitronics Vision570 is an all-in-one compact controller with a colour touch screen, full PLC functionality, onboard I/O options and built-in recipe capability.

The Vision570 includes a rugged 5.7" QVGA, 256-colour TFT touch screen. Over 1000 displays and hundreds of highly detailed colour images can be used in a single application. The memory holds 2 MB of application memory, plus 1 MB for fonts and 6 MB for images; future releases will include SD card memory storage support. The controller is fast, scanning 1 K of a typical application in 0.9 µs, making it a natural for ‘rapid response’ applications such as packaging machines.

Industrial control processes can now rely on a single device: the Vision570 can use 20 auto-tuned PID loops to control temperature, level and pressure, while the colour touch screen displays data, colour trend graphs and red, attention-grabbing alarm screens.

Communication options include TCP/IP EtherNet, and cellular and industrial protocols such as Modbus and CANopen. In addition, the Vision570 can be programmed to communicate via almost any device-based protocol.

The Vision570 supports digital, high-speed and analog I/Os, as well as direct temperature measurement inputs. VisiLogic software provides one user-friendly environment for hardware configuration, modular ladder application development and HMI design, including a rich colour library of industrial images.