Multi-axis machine controllers. Up to 128 of them.
Featured Products
Flex-7 Motion Coordinator
Trio's top-end coordinator. Quad-core, dedicated motion and comms cores, EtherCAT update rates down to 125µs on 8 axes. Coordinates up to 128 axes total. The pick when your machine has a lot of moving parts and they all have to agree on what time it is.
Key Specifications:
- Axes: 2-128 servo or robot axes
- EtherCAT: Update rates down to 125µs (8 axes)
- Processor: Quad-core with dedicated motion/communications cores
MC6N-ECAT Motion Coordinator
Compact EtherCAT master, dual-core ARM at 1GHz. Handles up to 64 axes with 64-bit position registers — so you can grind out long, slow moves without losing resolution. Mid-range automation, packaging, test cells.
Key Specifications:
- Axes: 2-64 (P960-P965 variants)
- Processor: 1GHz i.MX7 Dual ARM Cortex A7
- Memory: 128MB DDR3, 128MB flash
PC-MCAT-2 Software Integration Controller
Motion controller and Windows PC in one box. Run Motion-iX for deterministic EtherCAT motion alongside your vision software, HMI, or whatever else needs the host CPU. Celeron up through i7 options.
Key Specifications:
- Processors: Celeron, i3, i5, i7 options (P780-P783)
- OS: Windows compatibility with real-time motion
- Connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0/2.0, HDMI
MC664-X Multi-Axis Coordinator
Quad-core ARM Cortex A9 with separate cores for motion and comms. 64-bit floating point on the trajectory math. Up to 128 axes (64 hardware + 64 software). The unit you reach for when complex robotics needs to talk to a packaging line in real time.
Key Specifications:
- Axes: Up to 128 total (64 motor, 64 software)
- Processor: Quad-core Cortex A9 1GHz
- Precision: 64-bit floating point calculations
MC404-Z Motion Coordinator
Entry-level coordinator at a price that fits high-volume OEM stepper builds. Cortex-M7 with 64-bit math, 4 hardware axes, 16 software, 2MHz max step output. Plenty of horsepower for simple multi-axis machines.
Key Specifications:
- Axes: 4 hardware, 16 total in software
- Processor: ARM Cortex-M7 double-precision
- Output: 2MHz max stepper frequency
About Trio Motion Technology
Trio Motion is based in Tewkesbury, UK. They've been building motion coordinators since the early '90s and the catalog now runs from the MC404-Z entry-level stepper unit up through the Flex-7 — quad-core, 128-axis, EtherCAT cycle times down at 125µs.
The reason engineers pick Trio over the obvious alternatives is the Motion-iX core. It coordinates servo, stepper, piezo, and hydraulic axes on the same controller without the math falling apart. Programming is IEC 61131-3 with PLCopen function blocks — standard syntax, not a proprietary language. Motion Perfect (the IDE) makes commissioning a multi-axis machine bearable.
Packaging, robotics, semicon, electronics — wherever a machine has more axes than fingers, Trio shows up. Bravo carries the full line and can quote any of it.
Core Capabilities
Motion-iX core
Up to 128 axes, 64-bit precision, jitter under 5µs. The math holds across long programs without drift.
IEC 61131-3 and PLCopen
Structured text, ladder, PLCopen function blocks. Standard syntax — your team isn't learning a proprietary language.
EtherCAT that's actually fast
Cycle times down to 125µs. Real-time, deterministic, the kind of timing that closes loops instead of just suggesting them.
Robotics built in
TrioRPS handles multi-robot coordination and kinematics without a separate controller. Cell-level work stays on one platform.
Need Trio?
Tell us how many axes, what type of motion, and what bus. We'll quote the right controller.