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Step & Direction control for Servomotor Drivers

Posted by aka47 
Step & Direction control for Servomotor Drivers
February 25, 2010 07:46PM
Vik did some work a while back and created firmware for an atmega based servo motor controler.

To create useful axis drives that use Servo Motor actuators we also need to interface them to the existing system, if only to get started.

Is it worth implementing the servo controlers with both RS485 (or SPI) interfaces for control and changing parameters, whilst presenting Step and Dir control lines for actual positioning that is compatible with the existing hardware.

Thoughts for what they are worth.


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Re: Step & Direction control for Servomotor Drivers
March 02, 2010 07:32PM
I'd be interested if they can drive at least 3A with no heatsink, do both current control and microstepping, and are physically quite small- same footprint as a NEMA17 or so


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Re: Step & Direction control for Servomotor Drivers
March 03, 2010 03:44PM
Given that the topic heading is "Servomotor Drivers" they are as good as the resolution you can resolve when servo driving them.

Achieving an average current that is somewhat less than steppers should be doable. as you only drive with the current you need to achieve the move or maintain the position.

Steppers on the other hand are driven at pretty much full current continuously (unless you have a clever driver that halves the current when stationary)

Whether you need heat-sinking or not is a function of the integral of the power they drive versus the waste heating dissipation capability of the device.

Whether it is doable sans heat-sink is an interesting question and depends on your drive train, duty cycle, loading etc etc.


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