Table of Contents
How to buy
Some products avaible for purchase on Tindie for all other products (including ones not listed on this web page) contact sales@pontech.com
Inspired by Arduino(tm), chipKIT(tm) technology in an industrial form factor.
Quick Product Overview
Quick™ (Quick Universal Industrial Control Kard) is based on chipKIT(tm) open source platform. The Quick240 is designed for industrial automation systems where traditionally a ladder logic PLC might have been used. Since the Quick240 is an open platform for industrial automation it effectively extends the traditional life of a similarly proprietary. This is achieved in several ways.
- Easier maintenance after the traditional “end of life” of an equivalent proprietary device since the tools are open.
- Devices can utilize new technology developed for the open source community that maybe slow or never come to a proprietary tool.
The initial adapters of the Quick240 will be chipKIT(tm) and Arduino(tm) users that need to implement industrial automation solutions. Quick™ allows for a polished package that presents a high end image rather than something that looks like a hobby or prototype. Quick™ is based on open source technologies so tools obsolescent is mitigated and entry cost is lower.
The result is an Open Source PLC based on chipKIT technology.
Under the Hood
The Quick system consists of a motherboard (Quick240) that has a Microchip (PIC32MX795F512L) microcontroller, high voltage (24V In) DC-DC converter that outputs 5V and a 3.3V linear regulator and seven Kard™ slots. All of this is housed in a sleek DIN rail mountable plastic housing.
Kard slots allow insertion of low cost signal conditioning circuits for interfacing the Microchip device to the industrial world. The board Drive Kard shown below will turn a single slot into a drive circuit for four relays or solenoid.
Quick240 Videos
Quick240 Drive Kard Blink Sketch Video
Kickstarter Revision X1 Video (may not be used)
Quick240 Serving Web Pages to an Android Tablet Demo
Quick240 User Manual
Connections Power Supply, Jumpers and Pinout
Development Tools Setting up MPIDE
Bootloader Upgrading or replacing the bootloader
Schematics and BOM's
Asked Questions and answers
Example Sketches
Serial Communications Sketches USB/UART/RS-233/RS-485/RS-422 and others.
One Axis Stepper Motor Controller
Change Notification Interrupts
PingPongLev Demo Code and BOM
UpTick™ and UpTick Tickets™ for Com and IO
| Image | Part Number | Description | Schematic | Layout | Availability | MSRP USD | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | UpTick240 | UpTick240 Mother Board with DIN Rail Housing | Open | Closed | Production | $149 | Buy |
| x | UpTick241 | UpTick241 Mother Board (bare board only) | Open | Closed | Production | $124 | Buy |
| x | UTI-KTA100 | Kard Ticket Adapter for TicketIO | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-FDP100 | Drive Ticket (Source / P-Channel) for TicketIO | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-FDN100 | Drive Ticket (Sink / N-Channel) for TicketIO | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-FDN101 | Super Sink Drive Ticket (Sink / N-Channel) for TicketIO | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-RGBW100 | RGB+W LED Drive Ticket (Sink / N-Channel) for TicketIO | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-ICC100 | ISO Ticket (Common Cathode Isolated Input) for TicketIO | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-ICA100 | ISO Ticket (Common Anode Isolated Input) for TicketIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-PHX100 | Light Curtain ISO Ticket for TicketIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-BO100 | BO100 Break-Out Ticket (User Selectable Passive Matrix Per Pin) for TicketIO | Open | Open | Production | $5 | Buy |
| x | UTI-BO101 | BO100 Break-Out Ticket (Configured for Optical Sensor Bias) for TicketIO Slot | Open | Open | Production | $12 | Buy |
| x | UTC-SD100 | Serial Driver (2-RS-485, 1xRS-232) Ticket for TicketCom | Open | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTC-SD101 | Serial Driver (3-RS-485) Ticket for TicketCom | Open | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | UTI-DAC104 | Four Channel 0-10VDC SPI DAC Ticket for TicketIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $59 | |
| x | UTI-DAC101 | One Channel 0-10VDC SPI DAC Ticket for TicketIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $29 | |
| x | UTI-BODAC100 | The BODAC Ticket - Three Break Out Connections and one 10-bit 0-10VDC SPI DAC, for TicketIO Slot Rail0 DAC, Rail1 NC, Rail2 NC, Rail3 NC | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $29 | |
| x | UTI-BODAC101 | The BODAC Ticket - Three Break Out Connections and one 10-bit 0-10VDC SPI DAC, for TicketIO Slot (Rail0 DAC, Rail1 5v in analog, Rail2 10v in analog, Rail3 NC) | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $39 |
Quick™ and Quick Kards™ for Com and IO
| Image | Part Number | Description | Schematic | Layout | Availability | MSRP USD | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Quick240 | Quick240 Mother Board with DIN Rail Housing | Open | Closed | Production | $149 | Buy |
| Quick242 | Quick242 Mother Board with DIN Rail Housing (USB Self Powered, external power must be provided) | Open | Closed | Production | $149 | Buy |
 | Quick241 | Quick240 Mother Board (bare board only) | Open | Closed | Production | $129 | Buy |
| | QKI-FDP100 | Drive Kard (Source / P-Channel) for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $59 | Buy |
  | QKI-FDN100 | Drive Kard (Sink / N-Channel) for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| TBD | QKI-FDN101 | Drive Kard (Super Sink / N-Channel) for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $39 | Buy |
  | QKI-ICC100 | ISO Kard (Common Cathode Isolated Input) for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
  | QKI-ICA100 | ISO Kard (Common Anode Isolated Input) for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
  | QKI-BO100 | BO100 Break-Out Kard (User Selectable Passive Matrix Per Pin) for KardIO Slot | Open | Open | Production | $3 | Buy |
| | QKI-BO101 | BO100 Break-Out Kard (Configured for Optical Sensor Bias PLPA-0132) for KardIO Slot | Open | Open | Production | $10 | Buy |
  | QKI-STP200 | Big-Easy Kard (One Channel micro-step driver 2A per phase) for KardIO Slot | Open | Closed | Prototype | $39 | |
  | QKI-SPS100 | SPI Stepper Kard (One Channel micro-step driver 2A per phase) for KardIO Slot | Open | Closed | Production | $59 | |
| x | QKI-BAB100 | Bay Area Bridge Kard, (Dual H-Bridge Driver, 2.5A per H-Bridge | Closed | Closed | Download | $54 | |
  | QKC-CAN100 | Can Driver Kard for KardIO Slot 5 only | Open | Closed | Prototype | $29 | |
  | QKC-SD100 | Serial Driver Kard for KardCom Slot | Open | Closed | Production | $29 | Buy |
| x | QKI-TC100 | 4 Input K Type Thermocouple Kard | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $99 | |
| x | QKI-DAC104 | Four Channel 0-10VDC SPI DAC Kard for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $59 | |
| x | QKI-DAC101 | One Channel 0-10VDC SPI DAC Kard for KardIO Slot | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $29 | |
| x | QKI-BODAC100 | The BODAC Kard - Three Break Out Connections and one 10-bit 0-10VDC SPI DAC, for KardIO Slot Rail0 DAC, Rail1 NC, Rail2 NC, Rail3 NC | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $29 | |
| x | QKI-BODAC101 | The BODAC Kard - Three Break Out Connections and one 10-bit 0-10VDC SPI DAC, for KardIO Slot (Rail0 DAC, Rail1 5v in analog, Rail2 10v in analog, Rail3 NC) | Closed | Closed | Pre-Production | $39 | |
| x | QKI-PT100 | Pass Through Kard for KardIO Slot | Open | Open | N/A | $3 | |
| x | QKI-BLANK | Kard Blanche (Kard Template) | Open | Open | Download | $0 |
Sign me up for updates
Loading...