About The Devices - maxon motor EPOS4 Module 50/8 Hardware Reference Manual

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About the Devices

1.2 About the Devices
maxon motor control's EPOS4 Module 50/8 and EPOS4 Compact 50/8 are small-sized, full digital, smart
Capabilities of the
positioning control units. Their high power density allow flexible use for brushed DC and brushless EC
device, included fea-
tures, and supported (BLDC) motors up to approximately 400 Watts with various feedback options, such as Hall sensors,
motors.
incremental encoders as well as absolute sensors in a multitude of drive applications.
The devices are specially designed to be commanded and controlled as a slave node in a CANopen net-
work. In addition, the units can be operated via any USB or RS232 (the Module requires an external
transceiver) communication port of a Windows or Linux workstation. Moreover, the integrated extension
interface allows pooling with optionally available communication interfaces, such as EtherCAT or other
additional functionalities.
Latest technology, such as field-oriented control (FOC) and acceleration/velocity feed forward in combi-
nation with highest control cycle rates allow sophisticated, ease-of-use motion control.
Thanks to its smart design, the EPOS4 Module 50/8 can either be used in combination with EPOS4 CB
Power connector boards as a compact, integrated solution or be incorporated into customer-specific
motherboards for single axis or multi axes motion control systems. The controller is available in the fol-
lowing configurations:
Figure 1-2
For easier legibility, in the later course of this document naming of components will be as follows:
Find the latest edition of the present document as well as additional documentation and software for
EPOS4 positioning controllers also on the Internet: http://epos.maxonmotor.com.
1-8
• EPOS4 Module 50/8 (504384)
Plug-in module for use with maxon motor control EPOS4 connector boards or customer-spe-
cific motherboards
• EPOS4 CB Power CAN (520884)
Connector board for initial commissioning or combination to a compact solution providing all
connectors, including CANopen interface
• EPOS4 Compact 50/8 CAN (520885)
Fully integrated, compact, ready-to-use assembly of plug-in module and CANopen connector
board
Configuration overview
• EPOS4 Module 50/8 will be named as «Module»
• EPOS4 Compact 50/8 will be named as «Compact» covering all Compact versions
• EPOS4 Compact 50/8 CAN will be named as «Compact CAN»
• «EPOS4» will be used to describe both versions, Module and Compact and/or other EPOS4
positioning controllers as a whole
Edition: February 2016
© 2016 maxon motor. Subject to change without prior notice.
Document ID: rel5977 EPOS4 Positioning Controller
EPOS4 Module/Compact 50/8 Hardware Reference
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