Series-level lifecycle status with Mitsubishi's full published schedule where given — transition to make-to-order production, order acceptance (last-order date), production discontinuation, and repair-support end — for legacy Mitsubishi Electric automation: MELSEC A/QnA, MELSEC-Q legacy and Universal CPUs, MELSEC-F FX1/FX2N/FX3 generations, FREQROL inverters, MELSERVO MR-J2S/MR-J3, GOT900/GOT1000 HMI, and MELSOFT software (GX Developer, GT Designer2).
One record is time-critical: the MELSEC-Q Universal QnUD(H) CPUs (bulletin FA-A-0418-A) — order acceptance closed September 30, 2026; production discontinuation October 30, 2026; repair support until October 31, 2033. Anyone still running Q03UD–Q26UD(H) CPUs who wants factory spares has missed the order window; the published paths are the Highspeed Universal QnUDVCPU (in-platform) or MELSEC iQ-R. Other families sit at the opposite end of the ladder — the MELSEC-Q C Controller modules are not discontinued until 2030 — so knowing where a family sits on Mitsubishi's published schedule is what maintenance and modernization planning for the installed MELSEC base depends on.
Honesty notes: FX3S is still ACTIVE — Mitsubishi publishes no discontinuation notice for it, and the dataset carries it as an Active status record rather than falsely retiring it. FX3U/FX3UC are NOT yet EOL — orderable until March 31, 2028 (production ends September 30, 2028, repair support to 2035). And the published replacement for the FR-E500 is the FR-E700, not FR-E800 — recorded as Mitsubishi published it.
Verification standard: official Mitsubishi Electric sources first (the mitsubishielectric.com global FA document library — technical bulletins FA-A / FAM-A / HIME-T-P / GOT-A and sales notices — plus Mitsubishi Electric Automation US and Mitsubishi Electric Europe). Lifecycle dates are reproduced exactly as published and left blank where Mitsubishi published none — no dates, part numbers, or successors are inferred. Only 1 of the 30 records rests on a distributor source because Mitsubishi's own original was not readable in this pass; it is tagged [distributor-sourced] and is lower-confidence. A few Mitsubishi-authored documents were read via third-party mirrors, noted per record in the full file.
| Product Family | Catalog/Series | Lifecycle Status | Discontinuation or milestone date | Recommended Replacement / Migration Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELSEC-A / QnA programmable controllers (large type) | A/QnA large-type CPU, I/O, special function and data link modules | Production discontinued (Mitsubishi MELSEC-A/QnA Series Transition Guide, L08077E) | CPU, I/O, special function and data link modules: production discontinued end of September 2006; MELSECNET/MINI-S3 master module: end of September 2008; MELSECNET/10 network module: end of September 2014 (bulletin FA-A-0141) | MELSEC-Q series per the transition guide; Mitsubishi's current published direction for the MELSEC-A series is MELSEC iQ-R (see the A61PN/A61RP record, FA-A-0365-A) |
| MELSEC-Q Universal model QCPU (selected models) | Q03UDCPU, Q03UDECPU, Q04UDHCPU, Q04UDEHCPU, Q06UDHCPU, Q06UDEHCPU, Q10UDHCPU, Q10UDEHCPU, Q13UDHCPU, Q13UDEHCPU, Q20UDHCPU, Q20UDEHCPU, Q26UDHCPU, Q26UDEHCPU | Production discontinuation announced (Technical Bulletin FA-A-0418-A) — order acceptance closed September 30, 2026 | Order acceptance: until September 30, 2026; production discontinuation: October 30, 2026; repair support: until October 31, 2033 | Highspeed Universal model QCPU (Q03UD→Q03UDVCPU, Q04UDH→Q04UDVCPU, Q06UDH→Q06UDVCPU, Q10UDH/Q13UDH→Q13UDVCPU, Q20UDH/Q26UDH→Q26UDVCPU) or MELSEC iQ-R CPU (→R04CPU / R08CPU / R16CPU / R32CPU per the bulletin's replacement table) |
| MELSEC-F compact PLCs (FX3U / FX3UC and extension models) | FX3U / FX3UC main units; remaining FX2N / FX2NC extension units; FX3U/FX3UC special function modules, boards, adapters and cables | Production discontinuation announced (Technical Bulletin FAM-A-0116-B) | Start of make-to-order production: January 1, 2028; order acceptance: until March 31, 2028; production discontinuation: September 30, 2028; repair support: until September 30, 2035 | MELSEC iQ-F series: FX3U→FX5U or FX5UJ; FX3UC→FX5UC; extension/special modules→FX5 equivalents model-for-model in the bulletin (e.g. FX3U-4AD→FX5-4AD, FX3U-16CCL-M→FX5-CCL-MS, FX2N-16EX→FX5-CNV-IF + FX5-C16EX/D) |
| FREQROL inverters | FR-A500 / FR-A500L | Production terminated (Mitsubishi "Proposal for Upgrading and Introduction" — production termination schedule table) | Production termination: April 2007; repairs and spare parts until April 2014 | FR-A800 |
| GOT HMI (GOT1000 series) | GT16 main units and option units | Production discontinued — "production of all GOT1000 series models and option units have been discontinued" (Technical Bulletin GOT-A-0095-Q) | Transition to make-to-order: September 30, 2018; order acceptance: through August 31, 2019; production discontinuation: September 30, 2019; repair acceptance: CCFL-backlight models through December 31, 2021, LED-backlight models through September 30, 2026 | GOT2000 — GT27 / GT25, model-for-model in the bulletin; the bulletin specifies the minimum GT Designer3 (GT Works3) version for each replacement model |
Sample rows are copied verbatim from the paid dataset file, including its blank dates where Mitsubishi published none.
Full file: all 30 series-level records (14 controllers, 7 inverters, 2 servo amplifiers, 5 HMI, 2 software), each with migration conditions and source URLs, plus per-family migration notes and a coverage-gaps section listing families checked and deliberately excluded for lack of a verifiable record. Clean Markdown, compiled 2026-10-21.
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Facts compiled from public OEM lifecycle sources; not affiliated with or endorsed by Mitsubishi Electric. Trademarks belong to their owners. This is a migration-planning reference, not engineering sign-off. Mitsubishi issues discontinuation schedules per model group, so series-level records must not be read as per-catalog-number dates — verify production-critical selections against Mitsubishi's FA product search and technical-bulletin library for the exact model before acting.