The PCI-FlexMotion-6C is obsolete for some years already but all successor products (PCI-73xx) are based on the same architecture so in general you can choose from a variety of boards.
If you are looking for a 6-axes board there is the PCI-7356 available. Here are some specs:
- 6 axes, individually programmable for stepper or servo motion control
- 64 lines of digital I/O
- Built-in data acquisition with eight 16-bit analog inputs
- High-speed 4 MHz position triggers for integration
In general the 735x series provides some advanced features that exceed the capabilites of the FlexMotion-6C.
If you need only 4 axes you also could choose a PCI-7344 board that provides a very similar feature set as the FlexMotion-6C.
The software driver and the API for the 73xx boards are based on the original FlexMotion driver that was used to program the FlexMotion-6C so it should be quite easy to upgrade existing applications to the new boards.
Please note that the 73xx use different connectors than the FlexMotion-6C so you will need to change your cabling. The 73xx boards also don't provide isolation and 24 V connectivity. If you need these features you should use the UMI-7774 as an interface to your drive.
I hope this answers your question.
Best regards,
Jochen Klier
National Instruments Germany
