This webinar covers the miniaturization of components, motors, motion control drives, and motion control ICs becoming critical in the medical, aerospace, consumer electronics, and ...
A comprehensive look at controlling two-phase stepper motors, including a comparison to other motor types, control techniques, and implementation options.
Centrifuge control means controlling a high-speed rotating motor (usually a Brushless DC motor) such that it accelerates, coasts, and decelerates thereby separating via centrifugal ...
Peristaltic pumps are used in a broad range of industrial and medical applications but are probably best known in patient treatment applications where bodily fluid such as blood is ...
How To Optimize Motor Performance Using Motion Trace
Today's machine designers are tasked with maximizing throughput and accuracy and minimizing vibration and heat generation. It's a major challenge but designers have a powerful tool at their ...
Spindle Control means controlling high speed motors (usually Brushless DC motors) in applications such as machine tool cutting, drilling, centrifuges, cryo-pumps, bar code readers, ...
High Speed Pick and Place in this motion application will focus on the control of mechanisms used for electronics, motor, and textile production where an actuator ...
PMD Inside! Motion Control Featured on the Manufacturing Happy Hour
Carlos Bielicki, VP of Sales & Marketing at Performance Motion Devices (PMD), explains how PMD motion control electronics fit inside today’s breakthrough robotics, medical ...
This webinar covers high speed camera triggering, fast step and settle servo control optimization, reliable motor commutation, and other techniques involved in optimizing motion ...
Robotic Wheel Drive means controlling wheels used to propel robotic devices such as warehouse robotics, rovers, agricultural robots, robotic lawn mowers and a wide array of mobile ...
Robotic Gripper Control specifically means control methods associated with getting a robotic 'hand' to grip an object safely - applying neither too much or too little ...
Pan & tilt pointing means motion control of a mechanical system that can ‘pan’ (rotate around a vertical axis) and tilt (rotate around a horizontal axis).
CAM profiling is a general purpose motion technique utilizing a pre-stored look-up table of desired positions driven by an incoming command encoder datastream.
Indexers, sometimes also called front end loaders, are general purpose devices that operate in the vertical dimension and form the basis of storage and retrieval systems as well ...
Breakthrough Motion Control: Meet the ION®/CME N-Series Digital Drive
This video highlights the power, precision, and convenience of the latest and greatest motion control module from Performance Motion Devices, Inc: The ION®/CME N-Series ...
Pumps that move liquid precisely are at the heart of many medical and lab automation applications. Get an understanding of what types of fluid pumps will work best in ...
Closed Loop Steppers Drive New Motion Control Applications
This paper discusses an advanced control technique called closed loop stepper. This motion control technique is finding wide adoption in a range of cost-sensitive industrial applications.
Multi-Axis Motion Control Chipset Provides Profile Generation and More
Our Magellan MC58000 and MC55000 ICs provide advanced motion control for medical, industrial, and robotic applications. Available in 1-4 axes versions, these flexible, programmable ...
This webinar is based on our popular paper, Force Control in Actuators and Robot End Grippers. Learn about servo actuators that function as end effectors, linear actuators, force ...
Motion Control for Healthcare Robotics Applications
This webinar highlights linear actuators, key concepts of force control, algorithms and filters, and the main challenges of motion robotics in the healthcare world.
This webinar panel will discuss recent achievements and innovations that have pushed motion control forward across a wide range of industries, from manufacturing automation and ...
Read about current trends in robotics, streamlining inventory systems with AMRs, outdoor AGVs, servo actuators that function as end effectors, collaborative robots in welding, and ...
Collaborative Robots and Intelligent Motion Control
This webinar will introduce today's most popular linear motors, explain the relationship between servo actuators, force feedback, and haptics, and show what new products are ...
While the demand for compact motion control products is increasing, the need for smaller technology may be hitting a physical wall. This webinar explores limits to miniaturization and ...
Robotics in Automation: Working Arm-in-Arm with Humans
Read about the fundamentals of current and future trends for robot deployment, including how the data is being managed through the data pipeline as well as the size, flexibility, and ...
Working on our customer's toughest control challenges inspires us to create new content and to help engineering teams build innovative, reliable motion control applications. Check out ...
Motion Control Solutions for Healthcare Robotic Applications
This webinar explores the functional requirements and critical capabilities involved in designing motion control solutions for healthcare robotic applications.
Force Control in Actuators, Principles of Motor Selection, and More
Get insight into force control in actuators, principles of motor selection, designing a low cost, high speed BLDC motor controller, our ION/CME 500, and more.
Spinning BLDC motors efficiently at high speed is the core requirement for many end applications including pumps, spindles, centrifuges, and vehicular transport. You can use this detailed ...
Force Control in Actuators and Robot End Effectors
Specific servo actuators function as end effectors and are often mounted on transport systems such as robotic arms and gantries. This paper details the capabilities and properties that will ...
New Single Axis Drive Provides Profile Generation, Servo Control, and Downloadable User Code
ION/CME 500 Digital Drives provides ultra-efficient digital amplification with programmable intelligence in a compact rugged package for control of Brushless DC, DC Brush, and step ...
Trying to decide what electric motor(s) are best for your new machine design? Stop here. This paper outlines requirements and presents the features of various step and servo motors.
Engineering Packaging Machinery that Delivers Advanced Automation and Motion Control
This webinar explores the latest advances in motors, encoders, ICs, and other motion control solutions designed to enable tomorrow’s packaging advancements.
This manual documents C-Motion PRP II, which is a software library used to control and monitor various PMD motion control products. PRP stands for PMD Resource Access Protocol, which is ...
Build vs Buy, Single-axis Motion Control ICs, Digital Current Loops, and more
In this issue, motion control design choices (Build vs Buy), new single-axis ICs with profile generation and servo control, and how using a digital current loop will quiet step motor ...
Single Axis Motion Control IC Provides Profile Generation, Servo Control, and Advanced Current Control
MC58113 single-axis motion control ICs provide trajectory profile generation, programmable breakpoints, advanced performance trace, and many other motion control functions. ...
Digital Current Loop Significantly Quiets Step Motor Noise
This paper details how a digital current loop will result in a significantly quieter, faster running, and lower temperature motor operation which is beneficial in many applications.
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This webinar will explore how the limits of size and weight are getting pushed. It looks at what that means to those who seek smaller, lighter devices.
PMD Announced As Winner In The Actuators, Motors, Drives Category
Spotlight on Innovation: 2022 Engineers’ Choice Awards Control Engineering announces the best automation, control and instrumentation products in the 19 categories of the ...
Einführung der ION®/CME N-Serie Digitale Laufwerke
Falls Sie das Live-Event verpasst haben, spielen Sie die On-Demand-Version unseres 30-minütigen Webinars, das Ihnen die wichtigsten Funktionen und Vorteile der N-Series ION vorstellt.
Feedforward in Motion Control - Vital for Improving Positioning Accuracy
Even if your PID settings are carefully optimized, the motion at the end effector is never perfect. This paper looks at feedforward and how it delivers accuracy and smoothness.
Presentazione degli azionamenti digitali ION®/CME N-Series
Nel caso in cui ti fossi perso l'evento dal vivo, riproduci la versione on demand del nostro popolare webinar di 30 minuti che ti introduce alle principali funzionalità e vantaggi di ...
Insider Interview with Bob Vavra of Machine Design & Electronic Design
Machine Design editor Bob Vavra talks with PMD's VP of Engineering & Strategy, Prabh Gowrisankaran, about our new revolutionary ultra-compact, PCB-mountable motion control drive.
This on-demand webinar features a panel of experts who discuss the challenges and opportunities in advanced motion control solutions for robotics systems.
Is There Life without the PLC? How to Build a Better Embedded Controller
In this interview by Rob Spiegel, PMD's CEO, Chuck Lewin, describes the process of migrating machine and mechanism controllers from a PLC-based approach to an alternate embedded ...
Introducing ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives On-Demand
In case you missed the live event, replay the on-demand version of our popular 30-minute webinar that introduces you to the major capabilities and benefits of the N-Series ION.
New Ultra-compact PCB-Mountable High-performance Motion Control Drives
Look here for available configurations, a complete feature list, typical applications for the N-Series ION, as well as major capabilities, parameters, and performance specifications.
In this white paper, we look at machines with non-Cartesian movement systems. These include nearly all 'armed' robots such as SCARA robots, PUMA-style arms, as well as others.
Motion Control Solutions to Solve Your Engineering Demands and Challenges
Replay this on-demand webinar to learn how key safety functions can be used to benefit operations and how to use data from smart motion control components.
Our ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives are small, PCB-mountable amplifiers that provide high-performance motion control, network connectivity and amplification.
PMD Launches Revolutionary New Ultra-Compact Motion Controller
ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives are compact, PCB-mountable intelligent motion control amplifiers that provide high-performance motion control, network connectivity, and power ...
Machine designers are often asked to build systems that take up less space and operate on less power. Read about new developments in motors, sensors, and architectures.
Read about the most popular motion control techniques, including FOC, for multi-phase motor control, and what control techniques work best for positioning applications.
PMD Motion Control Products Now Available Through Mouser
PMD announced the availability of products through Mouser Electronics. Through this agreement, Mouser will now distribute PMD's Magellan, Juno, ION, Atlas, and Prodigy families.
Solving Mobile Robotics Problems, New Motion Board with UDPM, ISO 13485
In this issue, introducing a new motion control board with UDPM, motion control problems with portable automation and mobile robotics designs, ISO 13485 certification, and more.
Connected Health: The Miniaturization of Medical - Part 2
Machine design experts examined the phenomenon of medical miniaturization and looked at the components and methodologies that enable a new breed of products.
New Motion Board Integrates Amplifiers and Synchronized Contouring
New Prodigy motion control boards with pre-installed UDPM provide amplifier and synchronized contouring for DC Brush, Brushless DC, and step motor applications.
Mobile and Portable Automation Demands Light, Efficient, and Cool Operation
This deep dive will show you how to lower the heat, weight, and power consumption of your mobile motion controls and it discusses advances in the motors themselves.
Pumping liquid is at the core of many lab automation systems. This paper details motion control techniques used to pump fluids precisely and accurately.
A new drive technique called closed loop stepper, or stepper servo, is gaining attention because it can address many classic step motor problems, and at the same time extract more ...
Replay our popular webinar as two motion control experts discuss how you can use two design techniques — current, and closed-loop — to achieve advanced servo and step motor control.
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has put many of the products built by PMD's customers on the front line of the response. See what solutions our customers are building to identify, ...
Step motors are known to be noisy and tend to vibrate when moving. This deep dive explains how you can reduce, and in some cases eliminate, step motor noise & vibration problems.
New Motor Control IC Integrates Outer Loop And Velocity Loop Functions
Juno MC71113, MC73113, and MC78113 ICs integrate a high-speed outer loop control function with a velocity control function for 3-phase Brushless DC and DC Brush motors.
PMD announces the signing of a new partnership agreement with IMCA (Electronics and Mechanics) for distribution of PMD's motion control products in Turkey.
Low Cost ICs Provide Advanced Velocity Control of Servo Motors
Juno MC71113, MC73113, and MC78113 breakthrough motion control ICs provide advanced velocity control of 3-phase Brushless DC and DC Brush servo motors.
A noisy or chattering servo axis is one of the most common motion problem that engineers encounter. This deep dive focuses on servo motor noise problems and how to solve them.
Learn about which motion profiles work best for which applications, and how modest changes in the profile parameter settings can create big improvements in throughput.
Today's lab equipment requires fast and precise pumping to aspirate, dispense or continuously pump liquids. This paper illustrates key motion control techniques for improved accuracy.
Juno ICs provide torque control of 3-phase Brushless DC and DC Brush motors. PMD signs a partnership with a China distributor, plus a deep dive into S-Curve motion ...
New Distributor for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Customers
PMD announces the signing of a new partnership agreement with GT International Co., Ltd. for distribution of PMD's motion control products in China, Hong Kong and ...
S-Curve Motion Profiles - Vital For Optimizing Machine Performance
In this deep dive, we explain how to achieve smoother motion using S-curve motion profiles which a vital tool for improving point to point transfer speeds.
4 Steps to Precisely Control Motor Velocity at Low Speed
Low-speed precision velocity control is all in the filtering. In this blog post, Chuck Lewin provides a sequence of steps you can take to control low-speed motion.
Here are some highlights of the latest information around robotic motion, controls, motors, precision, as well as how innovations in robot designs are driving the market for servo drives ...
The Next Frontier for Medical Device Motion Controllers
Miniaturization allows a range of medical devices to be both portable and battery-powered. Watch a panel of experts discuss the next frontier for motion controllers in this webinar hosted ...
Improve Liquid Handling Robot Throughput with Direct Path Planning
Liquid Handling Robot systems are typically based on a gantry mechanism utilizing X, Y, and Z axis. While fast moves along a single axis can be obtained without undue ...
Keep Your Step Motor Position with A Closed Loop Motion Control System
Step motors are a common solution for controlling the position of moving components. Learn about the benefits of using a closed-loop motion control system.
Position Encoder Deep Dive: New Measurement Techniques Drive Data Formats
With positioning motion control applications, one position feedback device has been king of the hill for a long time - the incremental optical encoder with quadrature output. This ...
Motion control applications involving direct control by an operator, anyone from a pilot to a surgeon, remotely controlling a robot or mechanism are known as “telerobotic” systems. The ...
Common Motion Problems and How to Fix Them - Part I
Everyone working in motion control has a war story; be it the machine that stopped working mysteriously or the motor that wouldn't stop vibrating. A deep dive provides some ammunition ...
The second part of our regenerative braking and battery regeneration deep-dive uses a theoretical model to prove the existence of steady state regeneration and provides insight ...
Regenerative Braking - Part I: Steady State Analysis
In this two-part piece, we investigate the conditions at which battery regeneration can occur. The emphasis of this article is on regenerative braking and the analysis of a battery ...
Juno Gets Advanced Performance and Safety Features for Step Motor Control Systems
Latest Addition to Juno IC Family Provides Ultra-Smooth, Quiet Motor Operation with Advanced Current Control and Safety Features Specifically for Step Motors ...
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, ...
This manual describes the electrical characteristics of the MC58113, MC53113, MC51113, and MC54113 motion control IC from PMD. These devices are members of PMD’s
This manual describes the operational characteristics of the MC55000 Series Motion Processors from PMD. These devices are members of PMD’s third-generation motion processor family.
Several products in the Prodigy family of Motion Control Cards and the ION family of digital drives provide a programmable C-Motion Engine (CME), which allows user application code to be ...
The PMD DK74113N Developer Kit is an integrated board/software package that serves as an electrical and software design tool for building systems that use the Juno 56-pin VQFN step motor ...
Juno Velocity & Torque Control IC Programming Reference
This guide describes the programming interfaces to the MC78113, MC71113, MC73113, MC74113, MC74113N, MC75113, MC75113N, MC71112, MC71112N, MC73112, and MC73112N ICs from Performance ...
This manual describes the MC74113, MC74113N, MC75113 and MC75113N ICs from Performance Motion Devices, Inc. These devices comprise the step motor control ICs of PMD’s
This manual describes the Juno family of velocity & torque control ICs from Performance Motion Devices, Inc., consisting of the MC71113, MC73113, and MC78113 ICs for velocity control ...
Techniques to Precisely Synchronize Motion Axes - A Deep Dive
Many motion applications require precise synchronization of one or more axes. Understand some of the important approaches toward motion synchronization and have some fun with a ...
Learn more about ATLAS® Digital Amplifiers, our compact single-axis amplifiers that provide high-performance torque control for DC brush, Brushless DC, and step motors.
Learn more about ION® Digital Drives, our compact, fully enclosed modules that provide high-performance motion control, network connectivity and power ...
Learn more about our Magellan® Family of Motion Control ICs that provide breakthrough motion control for medical, scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic ...
Prodigy®/CME Machine-Controller boards provide high-performance motion control for medical, scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic applications. ...
Prodigy ®/CME PC/104 boards provide all the features of the regular Prodigy PC/104 boards but add the capability to download and run C-language programs directly. These ...
Prodigy/CME Stand-Alone Motion Control Board User Guide
Prodigy ®/CME Stand-Alone boards provide high-performance board-level motion control for scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic applications in a ...
Prodigy®-PC/104 boards provide high-performance board-level motion control for scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic applications in a PC/104 compatible board ...
Learn more about our Prodigy®/CME Machine Controller Boards that provide high-performance motion control for medical, scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic applications.