Servo Drives Operate with EtherCAT
by Design World Staff
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Accelnet servo drive now connects to EtherCAT. The drives use FPGAs to implement an EtherCAT interface. The FPGAs also expand motor feedback and input/output options. Encoder interfaces include EnDat, Hiperface and BiSS.
Available in six current ratings, the compact drives come in a range of brushless and brush motors. Several dc supply options are available in the 20~180 V range. As well as operating as an EtherCAT slave, the drive has several control modes including camming, gearing, and a fully programmable indexer.
Copley Controls
www.copleycontrols.com
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