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Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Motion Control Products | Subject: Whistle
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 01 August 2005
Give a little whistle
The Whistle is claimed to be one of the world's smallest digital servo drivers with onboard intelligence.
Motion Control Products has released what it reckons is one of the world's smallest digital servo drivers with onboard intelligence The Whistle is based on the very successful SimplIQ range of digital intelligent servo drivers and improves on the very high power to size ratio offered by the SimplIQ range
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 15 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Handy size for intelligent servo drive
Available now from Motion Control Products, the Harmonica is billed as the smallest 1.2kW brushless servo drive in the world.
Measuring only 46.5 x 55 x 13mm, the Whistle in undoubtedly the most densely packed high performance digital servo driver available.
Weighing in at only 45g and packaged in a totally enclosed PCB mountable block makes the Whistle the most densely packed digital servo drive in its class on the market.
The Whistle can operate as a fully programmable stand-alone device or as part of a multi-axis system in a distributed configuration on a real time network using CANopen DS 301, DS 402 communications.
The Whistle operates from an 11-95V DC power source in current, velocity, position and advanced position modes, in conjunction with permanent magnet synchronous brushless motors or DC brushed motors.
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