The invention discloses a special-purpose controller of an electronic press, and a control method, and belongs to the field of equipment manufacturing. The controller comprises an ARM microcontroller and an FPGA, wherein the FPGA and the ARM microcontroller communicate through a high-speed bus; the ARM microcontroller is connected with an external sensor, a host computer and the like through interfaces for realizing high-speed acquisition and operation of pressure data, real-time monitoring and determining of a pressing process, real-time display of pressure and displacement, communication, system management and the like; and the FPGA is the core of motion control, is connected with a servo driver through a servo interface module, controls the speed, the accelerated speed, the torque, the displacement and the like of a servo motor by use of an embedded fuzzy nerve network PID special-purpose motion control algorithm under the cooperation of the ARM microcontroller, realizes accurate pressing and positioning, and carries out real-time monitoring and determining through a touch screen, and thus the quality of assembled products is improved.