Key Benefits of Galil High Performance Controller & Drive Products
Posted on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 by John Hayes at GalilPosted in Drives, Motion Controllers | No Comments »
A common shortcut with single axis controller/drive combinations is to use a single control loop (and processor) to handle both the Position Control Loop (ie: PID loop) and the Amplifier Current loop. Galil separates these two loops onto different hardware ...
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Servo Amplifier Types - Linear and Pulse Width Modulated (PWM)
Posted on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 by Lisa Wade at GalilPosted in Drives | 1 Comment »
This post describes two types of servo amplifiers used to drive DC and brushless DC servo motors: linear and pulse-width-modulated (PWM) servo amplifiers. Linear servo amplifiers apply the full voltage across the power transistors which results in high power dissipation and ...
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Trapezoidal vs Sinusoidal Brushless Servo Amplifiers
Posted on Thursday, June 30th, 2011 by John Hayes at GalilPosted in Drives, Motion Controllers | No Comments »
The new Galil Sine drive amplifiers are a welcome addition to the existing DMC-40x0 and DMC-41x3 line-up of servo and stepper amplifiers - yet the addition of the new amplifiers also brings up a question - "When should I use ...
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How to Correctly Wire Hall Sensors to Servo Amplifiers
Posted on Thursday, June 12th, 2008 by John Minotti at GalilPosted in Drives, Feedback Devices, Motors | 1 Comment »
The issue of wiring the hall sensors on brushless servo motors often arises here in the Galil Applications Department. This is due to a lack of standardization in hall wire labeling between, and often within, motor manufacturers, hall designations, and ...
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Part Number of the 7407/7406 Amp Enable Chip (ICM-1900,ICM-2900,ICM-20100)
Posted on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 by DJ Roberts at GalilPosted in Drives, I/O Control, Motion Controllers | No Comments »
Below is the part number for the 7406/7407 chip if you need to change the polarity of your amp enable on select ICMs. Note, the desired configuration can be ordered directly from Galil at the time of ICM order. ...
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