This manual provides a complete user guide for the ION/CME N-Series Digital Drive Developer Kits. For
documentation on ION/CME N-Series Digital Drive units, or other members of PMD’s ION Digital Drive family
please consult the appropriate documentation.
ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives are single-axis motion controllers with integrated power electronics and network communications. Various models are available to drive DC Brush, Brushless DC, and step motors. Their very compact size, range of power output levels, and high level of connectivity make them an ideal solution for embedded or distributed motion control applications that require high performance in a small envelope.
ION N-Series Drives are based on PMD’s Magellan Motion Control IC and perform profile generation, encoder
position feedback, position servo compensation, step motor stall detection, brushless DC motor commutation, microstep generation, digital current/torque control, and more. All members of the ION family have integrated, high power drive stages which protect from overcurrent, undervoltage, overvoltage, overtemperature, and short-circuit faults.
N-Series ION host communication options include Ethernet, CAN, RS232/RS485, and SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface). Each drive also supports an additional CAN and SPI expansion network for connecting to other N-Series ION or to other peripherals. All ION/CME N-Series Drives include a C-Motion Engine, allowing user application code to be downloaded and executed directly in the drive, along with NVRAM memory and trace memory for permanent and temporary storage of control parameters and performance trace results.
The N-Series IONs are PCB (printed circuit board) mounted and are packaged in a plastic and metal solderable module measuring 1.48" x 1.48" x 0.66" (37.6 mm x 37.6 mm x 16.8 mm). They come in three power levels; 75 watts, 350 watts, and 1,000 watts and utilize a 44-pin (2 x 22) 50-mil header for signal connections and a 7-pin high current connector for the DC bus and motor connections.
p>There are 36 different ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives in all, consisting of the combinations of four motor types (step motor, Brushless DC, DC Brush, Multi-Motor), three host interfaces (Serial, CAN/SPI, Ethernet), and three power levels (low, medium, high). Note that multi-motor units allow the motor type, either Brushless DC, DC Brush,
or step motor, to be user-programmed.
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