Product category:
Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Copley Motion Systems | Subject: Accelnet Micro
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 January 2005
Matchbox-sized servo is big on features
A new digital servo amplifier has been developed that has the features of their larger digital drives, but is the size of a matchbox.
A new digital servo amplifier has been developed that has the features of their larger digital drives, but is the size of a matchbox The new Accelnet Micro servo amplifier can be PCB mounted for convenient design integration
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Accelnet Micro from Copley Controls measures just 63.5 x 40.65mm, with solderless power and communication terminals.
Notably for its size, this amplifier delivers the same key features as Copley Controls' full size digital drives.
The drive is based on a DSP, giving it the performance and intelligence required for distributed control.
Similar to other Copley Controls drives, the Accelnet Micro uses a built-in CANopen interface for digital communication.
The compact design enables each amplifier in a multi-axis device to be located close to the motor it controls, reducing wiring cost and minimising RFI.
Despite its misleading appearance, this advanced drive can be tuned to a motor automatically using Windows based CME2 (Copley Motion Explorer) software.
The software's powerful new indexing tools can then be used to create a motion control solution in minutes.
The features and size of the drive make it ideal for compact, space critical and articulated multi-axis applications in medical, laboratory automation and automated test equipment design.
For torque and velocity control operation, the amplifier accepts +/-10V analogue control signals and also digital PWM inputs making these drives equally suitable for single axis control.
In position mode, step-and-direction inputs enable equipment builders to replace stepper motors with faster, higher power brushless servomotors.
Output ranges are 20-55V at 3A continuous to 6A peak, and 20-90V at 2A continuous to 4A peak.
The Accelnet Micro will be available from March 2005.
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