The MACRO Peripherals are a series of accessories that have a MACRO interface which allows you to distribute specific capabilities to a local area on the MACRO ring. Features include: analog and digital I/O, A/B Quad and Sinusoidal encoder feedback, x4096 interpolation, Analog, PWM and Stepper axis interface, DeviceNet, Profibus and CanOpen fieldbus interfaces, and many more features to come.