Controlling an industrial servo with a pc?
Controlling an industrial servo with a pc?
(OP)
Let me start off by saying I don't normally deal with servos or motion control or anything like that. But I'm being asked to!
We need to test an AC servo motor we have in house. I'm told that there are motion control cards that can be purchased for a PC that can control a servo, and I've been asked to look into them.
Is this true? In round terms, how much do they cost? I have to believe there is more needed to run an industrial servo than a pc card. Would someone be willing to give me a simple explanation of what is involved with controlling an industrial servo so that I can research the components needed a bit more?
For what it's worth, we really don't need anything fancy. Just something to take us through the machine's range of motion.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this topic.
Tim
We need to test an AC servo motor we have in house. I'm told that there are motion control cards that can be purchased for a PC that can control a servo, and I've been asked to look into them.
Is this true? In round terms, how much do they cost? I have to believe there is more needed to run an industrial servo than a pc card. Would someone be willing to give me a simple explanation of what is involved with controlling an industrial servo so that I can research the components needed a bit more?
For what it's worth, we really don't need anything fancy. Just something to take us through the machine's range of motion.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this topic.
Tim





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