Die Cutting Machine

With the growing interest in DIY activities, a huge online community of designers and hobbyists exists to share and exchange designs. To offer more versatility and the ability to create custom designs out of metal, paper and fabric, a modern die cutting machine needs:

• A PC interface to enable the instant transfer of designs created with graphics design software
• The ability to connect to the cloud to access thousands of cutting patterns and download them directly into to the machine
• The ability to quickly and precisely cut thicker, heavier and more varied materials instead of just card stock or fabrics 

We offer all the key embedded hardware components required to develop a state-of-the-art die cutting machine.

• Hardware Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI) modules for up to six motors enables multi-axis precision cutting speed with 20% more MIPS as compared to the original CPU speed
• Increased number of Pulse-Width Modulators (PWMs), allowing hardware polarity switching for motor control
• Double-precision Floating Point Unit (FPU), providing high-precision computational abilities
• Advanced analog integration including:
  • Seven 12-bit 3.7 Msps (up to 20 Msps in interleaved mode) Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) with up to 42 channels
  • Up to three 12-bit 1 Msps Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs)
  • Five analog comparators and four op amps
  • Motor control PWMs
• Full-speed USB and CAN interfaces
• Well-suited for industrial and motor control applications

• dsPIC33C – High-performance dual- and single-core dsPIC DSCs with maximum analog integration for motor control, power conversion and sensor interfacing applications:
  • Four 12-bit 3.25 Msps high-speed ADCs with up to 18 channels
  • Four 12-bit DAC and comparator modules with waveform generation
  • Three Programmable Gain Amplifiers (PGAs)/op amps
  • 24 motor control PWM channels with 250 ps resolution
• Dual CAN FD interfaces
• Two QEI modules to interface motor position feedback sensors

• ATWINC3400 (BLE/Wi-Fi®) – IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n  network controller with Integrated Bluetooth® Low Energy module
• ATWINC1500 (Wi-Fi) - IEEE 802.11 b/g/n SmartConnect IoT module

• MTCH108 - Eight-channel proximity/touch controller with eight simple digital outputs (proximity/key/slider)

• ATMXT Touchscreen Controller Family - Leading projected capacitive touch sensing technology for touchscreens and touchpads, with a portfolio covering solutions for all touch surfaces and screens up to 24” in diagonal size

• MTS2916A or MTS62C19A – Dual full-bridge motor driver with two independent H-bridge outputs capable of sustaining 40V and delivering up to 750 mA of continuous current

• MCP16331 – 50V/1A non-synchronous buck regulator
• MIC24051 – 19V/6A high-efficiency DC-DC buck regulator
• MIC4684 – 200 kHz/2A SuperSwitcher™ buck regulator