maxon compatibility

[ECG09]

Hi there,

I am a complete beginner to motor control. I need to build a device with a spinning disk which is controlled by mini DC motor and can be held at a constant speed through a feedback loop.

I have looked around quite a few places to buy the parts and came across Maxon. In particular I am considering buying the following parts from them:

Motor: 236918 (EC motor)

Encoder: 228182

Controller: 249631

Here's a link to the site I was looking at: https://shop.maxonmotor.com/ishop/controller.xml

My question is: Can I control this setup using Labview? I have tried emailing them but have had no response.

Also I have a DAQ card available for use (PCI-6110E/6111E) but from what I've read in other forums this is not the best way to go.

Can anyone please advise?

ECG09 

[Jochen]

ECG09,

indeed in general a DAQ device is not a good option for motion control tasks and I have posted multiple answers about the potential issues of this solution (see tag Motion+DAQ).

If you want to control a Maxon motor there are several solutions available. Here are the most common ones:

1. Use a Motion Control device from NI (e. g. PCI-7342)in combination with a Maxon drive that supports a +/- 10 V (e. g. the DEC 70/10). The driver for the PCI-7342 integrates easily into LabVIEW and it comes with lots of useful examples that make it easy to getting started.
2. Use a Maxon EPOS drive with CAN interface. Maxon provides a motion control library for LabVIEW that is based on NI CAN interfaces. You can use any type of NI CAN interface with this library. This solution is a bit more complicated in terms of programming, but it's also not too hard to use.

As I'm not an expert for Maxon products, I'm not 100% sure, which motor is compatible with which drive, so please check the compatibility with Maxon before ordering a drive.
 

Kind regards,

Jochen Klier

National Instruments

Message Edited by Jochen on 02-05-2009 11:42 AM