Rif.: NI board to drive two step motors

[muppy]

Hi all,

i need to drive two step motors.

Could someone suggest an appropiate NI board which can support this taks ?

Best regards,

Andrea

[LiciaP]

Hi Andrea,

at this link [broken link removed] you can find all NI products for motion control, among which you can select based on required platform, axis number, motor type etc.

Hope it helps!

Bye!

Licia

[muppy]

Hi Licia,

thanks for your answer!

It seams that NI board are very expensive, at least for my pockets.

It would be great to find a manufacturer who can provide a similar product at a lower price and offering the possibility to drive the board through Lab View.

Thanks,

Andrea

[Richard2950]

There are lots of manufacturers of stepper drivers and controllers. Many use serial ports or USB serial communication, so a LabVIEW interface is easy. Some even provide sample communication vis. Here are a few manufacturers that I have used:

Schneider Electric MForce drivers (I have a system using 6 of these driven from LabVIEW):

http://www.imshome.com/products/mforce_overview.html

Lin Engineering (I have only used their integrated motor/controller systems)

http://www.linengineering.com/LinE/contents/stepmotors/Drivers-Controllers.aspx

Galil Motion Control (a bit expensive but offers multiple motors on one controller. I have used their Ethernet controllers with LabVIEW)

http://www.galilmc.com/

Good Luck,

Rich