can a DAQ board be used as a motion controller?

[jmarti4]

I have a multifunction data acqusition board fitted on a laptop. Can I use the same DAQ board to control a servo motor or do i need to get a seperate Motion control board. If we can use the same DAQ board for servo motor control then what is the method of interfacing. .Please advice.

[RIO-Todd]

You will need some external drive/supply to actually drive the motor. The outputs of multifunction DAQ devices and our motion controllers don't provide enough current to drive motors.

Our multifunction DAQ devices have the functionality to work within simple motor application. The DAQ device could output a voltage to an amplifier which would then drive the motor. And multifunction DAQ devices also include two counter/timers that could read the encoder signal coming from the motor to sense position of the motor.

I would suggest to look at our motion control hardware/software. Our motion hardware/software was specifically built to control servo motors and will be much easier to use within simple or complex motor control applications. We have a portable
motion control option of the FW-7344 which interfaces through firewire. I've linked the FW-7344 below.

NI FW-7344
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?cid=3969〈=US

Regards,

Todd D.