Inmoco has introduced one of the world's smallest digital servo drives - the Whistle, from Elmo Motion Controls. The size of a matchbox and weighing just 50g, the PCB-mounted Whistle can deliver 10A/500W of continuous current, or 20A/1000W of peak current when used with dc brushed and brushless motors and linear motors.
This latest Elmo SimplIQ series digital servo drive occupies a volume of just 32cc, yet incorporates all the key features necessary for fast and problem-free integration of motors and drives into machines. Features include CANopen networking; position, velocity and current loops, and a very wide range of feedback and I/O options. It also offers OEMs the benefits of simplified set-up and tuning, thanks to the accompanying Composer drive configuration software.
Elmo's SimplIQ technology provides on-the-fly gain scheduling for current and velocity, with PIP controllers for velocity and position. It also features advanced positioning motion control modes with PTP, PT, PVT, ECAM/follower and Dual Loop, and internal encoder interpolation.
Whistle offers OEMs the benefits of a third generation programming structure, with motion commands, event triggered programming, event capturing interrupts and a 32k memory storage for user programs. With Composer, drive set-up, configuration, tuning and analysis are all performed quickly and easily.