Motion Control

By combining real-time communication with motor control, Hilscher has entered the motion control market space with a single-chip solution that offers a range of technical and economic benefits, such as lower latency, higher efficiency, fewer external components, and faster time to market. The netX 90 in Motion, serving as the core of the netMOTION platform, is particularly well suited for space constraint applications in harsh industrial environments to equip electric motors or encoders directly with a multi-protocol network interface.

The advantages of such a solution are particularly evident in systems or machines with a centralized motion control approach, where drive-specific data and parameters are directly exchanged in real-time over the network with the communication unit of the drive that controls the motor. Over the years, various application profiles have emerged for the respective communication standards that focus on drives, encoders, motors, and their applications.

The open-source software components for netX 90-based application developments offered by Hilscher are a collection of low-level peripheral drivers and software examples. To jumpstart the design and development of motion control applications, Hilscher has enhanced the open-source software ecosystem for the netX 90 with middleware and application software for PROFIdrive AC1 and AC4.

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