MasTec recommends SPLat for low cost control projects.
Do you make a machine that needs some brains?
Buy SPLat off the shelf PLC controller and have it working tomorrow.
Need something really special?
SPLAT can tailor make a controller just for your product. It’s quick and
inexpensive because it uses the SPLat Engine.
How are SPLat programmed?
SPLat has an inhouse service that can do it for you or you can do it
yourself with the free SPLat IDE and extensive SPLat Knowledge Base
(SKB) documentation.
It is very easy with loads of example code.
SPLatCo has been a pioneer in embedded electronics since 1981, delivering innovative solutions to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide.
Their expertise lies in seamlessly integrating electronic “smarts” into a wide range of products, from consumer electronics to industrial equipment.
Providing solutions in the following industries
- Consumer Electronics
- Gaming
- Mining
- Farming
Products
Standard controllers offer versatile features for OEM applications.
SPLat standard off-the shelf controllers offer a range of features making them an attractive alternative to programmable logic controllers in embedded OEM applications. All current products are expandable, and most can use their unique Touch of SPice boards for added special purpose functionality. SPLat standard controllers are the best way to start developing controls for your product.
One thing their controllers have in common is Real World I/O, with current drive up to several hundred milliamps and protected inputs. The contrasts with most board level products, that leave you to build your own real-world interface circuits. For example, the outputs will drive automation style pneumatic solenoid valves directly, and inputs connect to industrial NPN type sensors.
And with every one of SPLat controllers you get 32 processes for the price of one!
AC24 – HVAC controller
Special purpose controller especially suitable for Heating and Ventilation Control. All inputs and outputs are 24VAC compliant.
CC18 – Low cost, compact 16 I/O controller w/ analog
Professional grade, industrial strength, programmable logic controller board, intended for Real World jobs
Sensors
A “standard” SPLat controller will get you up and running with your new product quickly, and you can be confident you are using professional quality, industrial strength electronics. Standard SPLat products are being used by hundreds of OEMs in products as diverse as analytical instruments, cattle hoof sprays, and environmental test chambers.
| Our controllers (CPU boards, PLC cards) are easy to program, contain ready-to-use real world interface circuits, and conservatively designed for excellent reliability. They are loaded with innovative features like inherent multi-tasking and integrated operator interfaces. | Most real-world products require more than plain vanilla inputs and outputs, and often also need more digital I/O than contained in the base controller unit. SPLat has the broadest range of digital I/O expansion modules and special function add-ons in the industry. We have digital expansion modules with relays up to 20A, and special function modules for pH measurement, water level sensing, Internet interface, Bluetooth adaptors, and much, much more.If you don’t see it here, just ask. We are quite easily persuaded to make something to suit your unique needs. |
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The SPLat embeded control system features a large and fast growing range of special-function hardware add-ons.
Add a Touch of SPice™
The Touch of SPice concept provides for a range of small, generally simply but very useful add-on boards that can be used to provide special-purpose functionality to a SPLat controller. This gives you access to functions that might otherwise be difficult, expensive or all but impossible to source any other way. Our range of off the shelf SPice boards is growing all the time. Not only that, if you need a function we don’t have we can make you a custom SPice board for a minor fraction of what a full custom controller could cost to develop. A custom SPice board can be cost-effective right down to a single batch of 15 units!
Xwire: possibilities unlimited
Our Xwire system bus allows multiple controllers and/or peripherals to be interconnected. It features simple, low cost wiring and easy programming. Xwire peripherals are “smart” peripheral boards, in that they have their own onboard processor and can therefore potentially provide very sophisticated functionality.
Xwire peripherals (most, if not all) will be supported by Active Templates™. These are programming tools, specific to each product, that make programming the peripheral extremely easy. Active Templates allow you to enter your specific needs into an on-screen wizard-like form, and will then automatically generate the SPLat code to do what you want.
More information:Xwire Active Templates
Digital I/O expansion boards increase the number of I/O points. These boards connect to the controller via a plug-in cable. Several expansion boards can be daisy chained, up to a maximum of 32 outputs and 32 inputs (or 32 bidirectional I/O points). When you connect expansion boards the controller detects them automatically and the programming software adjusts itself. There is no software configuration required.
These boards are compatible with the CC18, MMi203A, MS121 and SL100 controllers
XBIO16 – 16 digital I/O points
MBIO16 – 16 digital I/O points, 2A outputs
Similar to XBIO, but with outputs rated at up to 2A.
FP16 – 8DI, 8DO
Add 8 inputs and 8 outputs. Inputs are NPN/PNP selectable. Outputs sink up to 400mA.
XIRO16 – 8 5A/24V relays and 8 inputs
8 5A/240V relays and 8 digital inputs,
HIO16 – 8 high power relays, 8 isolated inputs
Eight relays each rated 20A at 240V with an 80A inrush rating.