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MINT™ Making Motion Control Easy

MINT™ is Baldor’s motion control programming

language. It is quick to learn and fast to execute,

delivering maximum machine performance in the

shortest time.

MINT can be used across Baldor’s entire line of

MINT motion control products, ranging from a

single-axis SmartMove stand alone controller through

to the eight axes NextMove PCI controller. Programs

developed for one controller can quickly be

transferred to others making MINT an ideal

investment for OEMs and distributors who wish to

re-use their software in a variety of applications.

Easy to Use and Powerful

MINT is similar to Basic in many ways and has been

enhanced for real time machine control. Just like

Basic, MINT is structured and very easy to use.

Unlike Basic, MINT supports a wide range of control

‘keywords’ that are optimized for fast execution of

complex motion functions. Simple, single keywords

such as CAM and FOLLOW deliver sophisticated

synchronized motion yet require little knowledge of

motion control.

A single MINT program can control motion, I/O,

communications, operator interface and error

handling, making it the ideal choice for cost effective

machine control.

‘C’ MINT

For applications requiring faster program execution

speeds, a C motion library is available for the

Nextmove PC and Nextmove BX controllers.

Features

Motion Control

• Speed, Position and Force control

• Linear and Circular interpolation

• Absolute & Relative moves

• Master input from encoder or pulse & direction

• Electronic gearbox, CAMs, flying shears

• Trapezoidal and ‘S’ shaped velocity profiles

• Five term servo control loop, with Proportional,

Integral and Derivative gains, Velocity feedback,

Velocity and Acceleration feedforward.

Input/Output

• Interrupt capability on inputs

• Error recovery routine for limit and positional errors

• Flexible operator control of an executing program

using joy-stick, push buttons, or serial terminal

• Serial communications for RS232 & RS485 ports

• Multidrop RS485

• ANSI 3.28 communications protocol for secure

machine control

Programming

• Fast tokenized interpreter with plain English

keywords

• User defined variable names of up to ten

characters in length

• User defined arrays for easy data storage

• Math and bitwide operators

• Automatic program execution on power up from

non-volatile RAM

• On board editor

• Comprehensive program development tools for

Windows 3.x/95/NT

Program Control Features

MINT™ supports the following Basic constructs:

• FOR.. NEXT

• PRINT

• INPUT

• INKEY

• IF .. THEN

• GOSUB label .. RETURN

• GOTO label

Additional constructs have been added to enhance

program structure and applicability to motion control:

• Loop WHILE condition is true ENDW

• Block structured IF statements

• REPEAT loop UNTIL condition is true

• LOOP forever ENDL

• PAUSE until condition is true

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