Built-in, fully-configurable Master-Slave Follower functionality
Used In:
- Any application that can benefit from Followers for position, velocity or current
Elmo Gold drives use built-in, configurable Follower functions that bring flexibility to applications and can also serve to reduce complexity.
The drives support:
- Position follower
- Velocity follower
- One Master/Many Slave combinations
Drive-level Master-Slave Follower functionality can be an ideal solution when:
- Simple applications that require synchronization or coordination between multiple servo motors. A Master-Follower connection makes it possible to perform the work without the need for multi-axis controllers, thus reducing cost.
- Complicate multi-axis applications that use multiple groups of synchronized axes. A Master-Follower connection makes it possible to do perform part of the work at the driver level, thus reducing the load on the multi-axis controller as well as the real-time network.
- Multiple-motors applications with friction characteristics, like electric vehicle using separate motors on each wheel/ axle, or rotation machines which rotate a cylindrical component on four rollers.
Follower parameters are easily configured in the EAS:
Master-Slave Follower port configuration is as follows:
- Port C Index: Master driver generates the PWM current command.
- Port A or Port B Index: Slave driver receives PWM current command.
Design Features
- Flexibility in Master-Follower characteristics
- Simple configuration using the EAS
For more information please contact our motion control experts.
- For more information please contact our motion control experts.