Sin-Cosinus Microstepping (64Microsteps per Steps)

Half-step-frequency from 5Hz to 64'000Hz

Motorcurrent-Range from 120mA up to 10.0A with the same PCB!!

1. Adjustable maximum Half step- Frequency from 5Hz to 64'000Hz with steps of 1Hz

2. Realization of 64 Microstepps between a full step. The Microstepping runs thought the complete frequency range. There is no switch from Micro- Stepping to Half-Step to Full step or vice versa.

3.Sinus - Cosines, field oriented Current Controlled by the DSP with a clock rate of 30Khz. That means that the actual current is measured, converted from analog to digital, compared with the set-point using a PI- calculation and the new PWM Value is the new control value

4. Adjustable Chopperfrequncy from 15Khz to 240Khz, synchronized between the different axis

5. S-curve and trapezoid acceleration

6. absolute, relative, infinite movement, Speed controlled movement, Position Controlled movement with a sampling rate of 5Khz

7. Motor-Identification. Just connect a new motor, restart the controller and the controller detects which motor is hocked up to the controller. This automizes the set of: the following parameters
- PI Values for the Current- Controller
- the safety circuit (Software) for the over current protection
- the maximum possible frequency, and acceleration parameter
- the best and efficient chopper frequency
- the maximum current the motor runs, (we can set current for the acceleration, run, deceleration and hold situation)

8. We implemented various interfaces to control the Motor-Control-Unit:
- RS232 Interface where we can provide an ActiveX module to use it within each application. Fast and easy to handle.
- CAN Bus
- Dual- Ported- RAM

9. There a various General Purpose Pins available which can be configured as Limit- Switches, Reference Sensors, Count- Sensors with adjustable Glitch-Filters.

10. Automatic Adjustment of Analog Signals, like the offset for the current measuring circuit

11. Encoder Feedback for Closed- Loop Positioning (Stepper Application will become a Server- Application)

1. One DSP (Digital Signal Processor) from Motorola can control 2 Stepper Motors
Remark: 1 DSP from Motorola costs about 15USD, so that means 7USD per Axis, with no additional components required like RAM, or Flash!!

2. The Software is developed for a hardware with the Current Range from 120mA to 10A. That means we can control Motors in the range of 200mA Run Current, with a hold current of 100mA. The Current resolution is 14mA, on one side on the other up to 10A with the same amplifier.

3. Additional (to the software) Over current Limitation and safety circuit

4. Current Measuring realized with current - converter, so there are no precise high power resistor required, which produces heat.