Papers and Articles

Step motors are a common solution for controlling the position of moving components, but in some cases can be inadequate since the motor position is not necessarily known. Even though step motors are inexpensive when compared to brushless motors, in many critical applications, care has to be taken to ensure that when a command is given to the step motor controller, the motor actually ends up where the user wants it to go. In this article, we will look at each motor control design option and provide an in-depth review of a new closed loop motion control system.

Get a closer look at packaging automation machines that dispense, seal, and label.

Before selecting the best motor, or motors, for your design project, take time to understand what kind of positioning controls and functionality you need. In this article, Motoring to Success, we will look at the issues concerning the selection of the right type of motor controller for positioning control applications. The focus will be on understanding how these motors are controlled, and how the choice of the control techniques affects the system cost.

Whether you build your own controller or buy off-the-shelf, knowing how to implement these new approaches is important for maximizing cost-effectiveness, and minimizing project design times. This article examines current control techniques, including a comparison of various commutation techniques.

The right motion development tools can help you get to market faster, and stay there. This article provides an overview of setup of our easy-to-implement motion control software. It includes a deep dive into our Pro-Motion developer software tool.  

Motion control applications with an operator remotely controlling a robot hand or mechanism can now be expanded to where the operator can “feel” what the robot is touching. This article talks about two common ways to implement robotic hand haptic feedback.

Motion controllers are complex animals, no doubt about it. But with a few tips from the experts about proper specification, location, and avoidance of mishaps, choosing the right controller for the job is as easy as one, two, three.

This document describes in detail the setup procedure for initializing commutation on the brushless Navigator and Pilot families of motion processors.

Can a machine create art? The goal of this project was to bridge the gap between robotic and human capabilities through the development of an autonomous painting robot. Using PMD's machine controller board, this innovative team of students created a robot that mimic'd the motions undertaken by painters.