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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.

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Motion Applications

Delta Robot Control

Delta robot control means control of a three-axis ‘delta’ mechanical linkage capable of high-speed pick and place operations.

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Case Studies

Autonomous Construction Bots Unleashed: Powered by PMD's Precision Motion

ION/CME N-Series Drives give the Dusty Robotics team the control needed for precision automated operation.

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Articles

Mathematics of Motion Control Profiles

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.

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Articles

S-Curve Motion Profiles - Vital For Optimizing Machine Performance

In addition to providing smoother motion, S-curve trajectory profiles are a vital tool for improving point to point transfer speeds by letting you tune the profile to the load.

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Motion Applications

Precision Torque Control

Precision Torque Control means control of motors for the purpose of measuring, or applying, a precise torque or force.

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Motion Applications

Web Tension Control

Web Tension Control means control of motors and sometimes brakes for the purpose of maintaining a sheet of material (the web) at a constant tension during processing.

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User Guides

Prodigy/CME Machine-Controller Developer Kit User Manual

Prodigy®/CME Machine-Controller Developer Kits provide high-performance motion control for medical, scientific, automation, ...

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Motion Control News

PMD's Top 2024 Motion Control Resources

Check out our most popular articles and webinars from 2024, inspired by the impact and ingenuity of our customers' projects.

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Motion Techniques For Improved Liquid Handling

This article demonstrates how high pumping accuracies are achievable with the use of adaptive control methods in liquid handling.

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Motion Applications

Ventilator Control

Medical Ventilator Control means motion control of one or more pumps to provide, or assist with, patient breathing.

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Announcements

PMD Announces Availability of Portescap BLDC Developer Kit

Performance Motion Devices, Inc. announces availability of innovative Developer Kit for BLDC motors developed in partnership with Portescap.

Motion Applications

Precision XY Stage Control

Precision XY Stage Control means motion control of XY or XYZ positioning stages that use linear motors for their motion.

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Webinars

The Components Make Miniaturization Possible

This webinar covers the miniaturization of components, motors, motion control drives, and motion control ICs becoming critical in the medical, aerospace, consumer electronics, and ...

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Articles

How To Control Stepper Motors

A comprehensive look at controlling two-phase stepper motors, including a comparison to other motor types, control techniques, and implementation options.

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Product Highlights

Single Axis Stepper Motor Control IC Provides Profile Generation and Ultra-Quiet Microstepping Operation

The MC54113 provides trajectory generation, microstepping, quadrature encoder input, stall detection, closed loop stepper control, advanced motion trace, and more.

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Motion Applications

Centrifuge Control

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 ...

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Motion Applications

Peristaltic Pump Control

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 ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Motion Applications

Spindle Control

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, ...

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Motion Applications

High Speed Pick & Place

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 ...

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Webinars

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 ...

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Announcements

DigiKey and PMD Announce Partnership for Global Distribution

DigiKey now offers global distribution of PMD’s Magellan, Juno, ION, Atlas, and Prodigy families of motion control solutions and developer kits.

Webinars

Optimizing Motion Control for Automated Imaging

This webinar covers high speed camera triggering, fast step and settle servo control optimization, reliable motor commutation, and other techniques involved in optimizing motion ...

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Motion Applications

Robotic Wheel Drive

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 ...

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Motion Applications

Robotic Gripper Control

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 ...

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Motion Applications

Gantry Control

Gantries are mechanical devices that move orthogonally in three dimensions.

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Motion Applications

Pan & Tilt Pointing

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).

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Motion Applications

CAM Profiling

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.

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Motion Applications

Microscope Control

Microscope control means motion control of automated microscopes, also called automated digital microscopes or more broadly automated microscopy.

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Motion Applications

Indexer Control

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 ...

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Webinars

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 ...

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Precision Fluid Handling: It's All In The Pump

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 ...

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Motion Control News

PMD's Top 2023 Motion Control Resources

Check out our most popular articles and webinars from 2023, inspired by the challenging and innovative projects of our customers.

Webinars

High Performance Motion Control Considerations

During this webinar, we examine the impact of size, weight, heat, and control techniques on the path to achieving your desired performance.

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Webinars

Ten Key Motion Control Techniques Used For Mobile Robotics

This webinar covers ten essential motion control techniques used for developing state of the art mobile robotics.

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Articles

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.

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Product Highlights

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 ...

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Webinars

Force Control in Actuators and Robot End Grippers

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 ...

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Webinars

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.

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Webinars

Pushing the Limits of Motion Control

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 ...

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Articles

Robotics: Spring 2023 Edition

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 ...

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User Guides

ION/CME N-Series Digital Drive Developer Kit User Manual

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 ...

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Webinars

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 ...

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Webinars

It's A Tiny World – The Future of Miniaturization

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 ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Motion Control News

PMD's Top 2022 Motion Control Resources

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 ...

Webinars

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.

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Application Examples

Low Cost High Speed Brushless DC Motor Drive

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 ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Product Highlights

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 ...

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Articles

Principles of Motor Selection

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.

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Webinars

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.

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User Guides

C-Motion PRP II Programming Reference

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 ...

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Webinars

Medical Robotics and the Role of Ultra-Precise Motion Control

This webinar will explore the challenges that medtech innovators face in achieving ultra-precise motion control and today's potential solutions.

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Webinars

Build vs Buy Of A Three Axis Motion Controller On-demand

Watch a 15-minute webinar that looks at building versus buying a three axis PCB-based (Printed Circuit Board) positioning motion controller.

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Webinars

We put performance in motion.

Get a quick overview of Performance Motion Devices, Inc. (PMD)

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Build vs Buy Of A Three Axis Motion Controller

This paper looks at building vs buying a three axis PCB-based positioning motion controller. It examines the motion control design effort and cost.

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Product Highlights

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. ...

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Articles

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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Webinars

N Serisi ION®/CME Dijital Sürücü Tanıtımı

Canlı etkinliği kaçırdıysanız, sizi N-Serisi ION'un temel özellikleri ve avantajlarıyla tanıştıracak 30 dakikalık web seminerimizin isteğe bağlı sürümünü oynayın.

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Tiny and Mighty Motors

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.

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Announcements

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 ...

Webinars

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.

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Webinars

Motors and Motion for Medical Devices

Hear how to effectively specify the key motion control components to optimize performance for medical devices, and why ISO-1345 matters.

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Articles

New Control Technique Combines Servo Performance With Step Motor Cost

Read about the benefits and limitations of the new stepper servo control drive technique, and understand why it gets attention from machine designers.

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Webinars

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 ...

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Webinars

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.

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Webinars

The Role of Miniaturization in Space and Defense Applications

Discover the latest techniques for miniaturization, key use cases, and how to apply them to your own designs.

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Webinars

Motion Control for Healthcare Robotics Applications: Requirements and Capabilities

Hear about the functional requirements and critical capabilities of motion control for healthcare robotics applications.

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Webinars

Advanced Motion Control for Robotics Systems

This on-demand webinar features a panel of experts who discuss the challenges and opportunities in advanced motion control solutions for robotics systems.

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Articles

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 ...

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Webinars

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.

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Webinars

Motor Drive Design Trends that Power Automation and Robotics Equipment

Listen in to hear about the latest advancements in motor drive design trends for automation and robotics equipment design.

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Application Examples

Two Approaches To Building A 3-Axis Gantry Controller Board

This design project looks at creating a PCB for a 3-axis gantry controller. One approach uses motion control ICs and the other uses the N-Series ION.

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Product Highlights

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.

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Articles

Motion Kinematics

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.

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Webinars

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.

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Webinars

Next-Gen Motor Drives for Portable Medical Applications

Listen in to hear about the latest advancements in motion control drives, algorithms, and techniques as motion control goes portable and small!

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Datasheets

ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives Datasheet

Our ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives are small, PCB-mountable amplifiers that provide high-performance motion control, network connectivity and amplification.

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Announcements

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 ...

Articles

Motion Control Goes Small

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.

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Articles

Servo Motor Tuning – Rocket Science or Walk In the Park?

This paper provides an overview of PID (proportional, integral, derivative) based servo motor tuning, and introduces two manual tuning methods.

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Articles

Field Oriented Control (FOC) - A Deep Dive

Read about the most popular motion control techniques, including FOC, for multi-phase motor control, and what control techniques work best for positioning applications.

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Announcements

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.

Webinars

Integrating Motion Control and Robot Safety

Hear about emerging technologies, best practices for motion control and robot safety, and get a technology review of advanced sensing.

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Webinars

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.

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Announcements

PMD Announces ISO 13485 Certification

PMD becomes one of the first companies in the motion control industry to achieve medical device ISO 13485:2016 certification.

Product Highlights

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.

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Articles

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.

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Articles

Precision Fluid Handling: Optimizing Lab Automation Mechanics

Pumping liquid is at the core of many lab automation systems. This paper details motion control techniques used to pump fluids precisely and accurately.

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Announcements

Closed Loop Operation a New Big Idea

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 ...

Webinars

Advanced Motion Control of Servo and Step Motors

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.

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Announcements

Outer Loop Control IC Released For Brushless DC and DC Brush Motors

New Juno Velocity Control ICs deliver breakthrough velocity motion control of 3-phase Brushless DC and DC Brush motors.

Announcements

PMD Customers Respond to Covid-19 Crisis

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, ...

Articles

Step Motor Noise and How To Fix It

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.

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Product Highlights

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.

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Announcements

New PMD Distributor For Turkey

PMD announces the signing of a new partnership agreement with IMCA (Electronics and Mechanics) for distribution of PMD's motion control products in Turkey.

Announcements

New Affordable ICs Deliver Advanced Velocity Control of Servo Motors

New Juno Velocity Control ICs deliver breakthrough velocity motion control of 3-phase Brushless DC and DC Brush motors.

Product Highlights

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.

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Articles

Servo Motor Noise and How To Fix It

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.

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Product Highlights

New Low Cost Torque Control ICs Provide Field Oriented Control

The MC73112, MC73112N, MC71112, and MC71112N from PMD are ICs that provide torque control with advanced features for FOC.

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Announcements

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 ...

Announcements

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.

Announcements

Robots in Motion: Innovations Move Forward

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 ...

Webinars

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 ...

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Articles

Motion Control Technology Trends for Laboratory Applications

In this article we will look at four important trends in motion control technology for applications involving medical and laboratory equipment.

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Articles

Techniques That Improve Automated Packaging Equipment Performance

What are 3 core motion control techniques that can improve performance? Web Tension Control Proportional Material Spacing CAM-based profiling ...

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Announcements

AI in packaging: Defining terms, assessing impact—Part 2

Smart machines are built on smart components. As Performance Motion Devices CEO Chuck Lewin puts it, software-based ...

Articles

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 ...

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Announcements

AI in packaging: Defining terms, assessing impact—Part 1

How data science intersects with machine engineering for smarter and more valuable packaging operations.

Articles

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.

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Articles

Common Motion Problems and How to Fix Them - Part II

We continue with our deep dive series that gives you tools to diagnose common motion control problems and get your machine back on track!

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Articles

Common Motion Problems And How To Fix Them - Part III

We wrap up our common motion problems deep dive series on how to diagnose problems and get your machine back on track!

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Articles

Use Torque FeedForward to Get More From Your Motion Controller

In this article, we will look at torque control and the related subject of torque FeedFoward, which will make your equipment ...

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Articles

Packaging Automation - A Deep Dive

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

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User Guides

ION/CME N-Series Digital Drive User Manual

This manual provides a complete user guide for the ION/CME N-Series Digital Drives. For documentation on other members of the ION Digital Drive ...

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User Guides

ION Digital Drive User Manual

The ION Digital Drives are a family of single-axis motion controllers with integrated power electronics and network communications. Various ...

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User Guides

ION/CME Digital Drive User Manual

The ION Digital Drives are a family of single-axis motion controllers with integrated power electronics and network communications. Various ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Announcements

New Motion Control IC Designed for Velocity and Torque Motor Control

Ultra-efficient and Powerful Define New Family of Juno® Velocity and Torque Control ICs for Lab Automation and Healthcare Applications

Articles

Haptic Feedback in Motion Control

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 ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Articles

Regenerative Braking, Part II

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 ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Announcements

Integrated Circuits for Precise Step Motor Control and Safety

Juno Integrated Circuits (ICs) ideal for machine designs with limited space that require controlled noise, vibration and power consumption.

Datasheets

Juno Family of Velocity & Torque Control ICs Datasheet

Learn more about the Juno Family of ICs that provide advanced velocity and torque control for Brushless DC, DC Brush, and step motors.

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Announcements

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 ...

Announcements

ATLAS Digital Amplifiers Expand Flexibility with New Communication Capabilities

Performance Motion Devices Delivers on Customer Requests for Additional Motion Control Options AACC 2018 and Westford, MA – July 31, ...

Articles

Motoring to Success

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, ...

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User Guides

MC58000 Electrical Specifications

This manual describes the operational characteristics of the MC58000 Series Motion Processors from PMD. These devices are ...

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User Guides

MC58113 Electrical Specifications

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

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User Guides

MC55000 Electrical Specifications

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.

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User Guides

Magellan Motion Control IC User Guide

The Magellan Motion Control IC User’s Guide supports the Magellan Family of ICs from PMD, including the MC58000 Series (DC brush, brushless DC, ...

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User Guides

DK58420 Developer Kit User Manual

The PMD Magellan Motion Processor Developer’s Kit is an integrated board/software package that serves as an electrical and software design tool ...

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User Guides

C-Motion Magellan Programming Reference

The C-Motion Magellan Programming Reference supports the Magellan ...

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User Guides

DK58113 Developer Kit User Manual

The PMD Magellan DK58113 Developer Kit is an integrated board/software package that serves as an electrical and software design tool for ...

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User Guides

C-Motion Engine Development Tools Manual

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 ...

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User Guides

DK74113N Developer Kit User Manual

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 ...

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User Guides

DK73112N Developer Kit User Manual

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User Guides

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 ...

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User Guides

Juno Step Motor Control IC User Guide

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

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User Guides

Juno Torque Control IC User Guide

This manual describes the operational and control features of the Juno MC71112, MC71112N, MC73112, and MC73112N family of ICs.

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User Guides

MC78113 Electrical Specifications

This manual provides Electrical Specifications for the complete Juno family of Velocity & Torque Control ICs

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User Guides

DK78113 Developer Kit User Manual

The Juno Family of ICs provides advanced velocity and torque control for brushless DC, DC brush, and step motors. Available as a single, one-axis ...

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User Guides

Juno Velocity & Torque Control IC User Guide

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 ...

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User Guides

Atlas Digital Amplifier User Guide

Atlas Digital Amplifiers are single-axis amplifiers that provide high performance torque control of brushless DC, step motor, and DC Brush motors. ...

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User Guides

Atlas Digital Amplifier Complete Technical Reference

This manual provides a description of the electrical and mechanical specifications for the Atlas Digital Amplifiers, along with a summary of its ...

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Articles

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 ...

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Announcements

Meet the Juno IC family.

You've never met this much power, control, and safety in an IC this compact.

Articles

WPI’s CARP Robotic System

The goal of this project was to bridge the gap between robotic and human capabilities through the development of a custom autonomous robotic painter.

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Datasheets

Atlas Digital Amplifier Datasheet

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.

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Datasheets

ION Digital Drives Datasheet

Learn more about ION® Digital Drives, our compact, fully enclosed modules that provide high-performance motion control, network connectivity and power ...

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Magellan Family of Motion Control ICs Datasheet

Learn more about our Magellan® Family of Motion Control ICs that provide breakthrough motion control for medical, scientific, automation, industrial, and robotic ...

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Magellan MC58113 Series Motion Control ICs Datasheet

Learn more about our Magellan® MC58113 Series Motion Control ICs provide high-performance motion control with an integrated digital current loop.

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Prodigy/CME Machine-Controller Board User Guide

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Prodigy/CME PC/104 User Guide

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 ...

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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 ...

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Prodigy PC/104 Motion Card User Guide

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Prodigy/CME Machine Controller Board Datasheet

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C-Motion PRP Programming Reference

The PMD Resource access Protocol (PRP) is used to communicate with PMD products incorporating a

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Prodigy Motion Boards Datasheet

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Prodigy PCI Motion Control Board User Guide

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Prodigy/CME PCI Motion Control Board User's Guide

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