Stepper motor/drive adds integral controller

Marlborough, CT —MDrive23, a NEMA size 23 high-torque stepping motor with an on-board 12-48 V microstepping drive, now integrates an intelligent, programmable motion controller into the same compact package at little added cost. MDrive23 Motion Control offers four 5-24 V general-purpose I/O lines, a 10-bit analog input, 0-5 MHz step clock rate, microstep resolution up to 51,200 steps/rev...

By Staff August 1, 2002

Marlborough, CT —MDrive23, a NEMA size 23 high-torque stepping motor with an on-board 12-48 V microstepping drive, now integrates an intelligent, programmable motion controller into the same compact package at little added cost. MDrive23 Motion Control offers four 5-24 V general-purpose I/O lines, a 10-bit analog input, 0-5 MHz step clock rate, microstep resolution up to 51,200 steps/rev, and full featured instruction set. Optional closed-loop control is enabled via a 512-line (2,048 edge) encoder with index mark internal to MDrive. A linear actuator version is available. Pricing is $214.79 each in 100-piece quantities (for MDI23 48-V w/rotary motor length of 18 mm). www.imshome.com Intelligent Motion Systems