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QuantumDrive-4000
Servo Drive Manual
Nutfield Technology, Inc.
1 Wall St., Suite 113
Hudson, NH 03051
USA
For QD-4000 Servo Drive Boards Only
© Copyright Nutfield Technology, Inc. 2010 All Rights Reserved.
91-0027 Rev. E

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  • Page 1 QuantumDrive-4000 Servo Drive Manual Nutfield Technology, Inc. 1 Wall St., Suite 113 Hudson, NH 03051 For QD-4000 Servo Drive Boards Only © Copyright Nutfield Technology, Inc. 2010 All Rights Reserved. 91-0027 Rev. E...
  • Page 2 QuantumDrive-4000 Manual This Page Intentionally Left Blank 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    10.1.6 High Frequency Damping (R73) ..................24 10.1.7 Notch Filter 1 (R134) ......................24 10.1.8 Notch Filter 2(R162) ......................24 10.2 Potentiometers (Main Board) ...................... 25 10.2.1 DC Offset (Command Offset) (R139) .................. 25 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 4 11.1.4 AGC Fail / Open Loop Condition ..................28 11.1.5 Servo Ready Signal ......................28 11.2 Fuse ............................. 29 Service And Support ........................30 13.1 Product Return Procedure ......................30 13.2 Contact Information ........................30 Warranty ............................31 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 5: Copyright Notice

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual Copyright Notice Nutfield Technology, Inc. (NTI) has produced this document for internal use and for use by its licensees, and potential licensees. Use of this document does not grant the user any license or warrantee beyond the terms and conditions set forth in the written contracts and license agreements between Nutfield Technology, Inc.
  • Page 6: Safety And Warnings

    You must thoroughly familiarize yourself with all this information before proceeding. The first consideration in a safety analysis is the laser mated to the Nutfield Technology product. The hazard level of the laser is roughly indicated by the Laser Class label that is on the device. A brief description of the radiation classes are shown in the following table.
  • Page 7: Laser Shutter Installation

    Laser for alignment. If this is not possible, you should use the available laser's lowest power setting and remote beam sensing techniques. Using optical instruments with this product increases eye hazard. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 8: Safety Precautions During Usage

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual Safety Precautions During Usage To maintain the necessary safety during usage of Nutfield Technology scanners please take following actions: 1) Please avoid any mechanical tension on the connection cables. 2) Protect the scanners from humidity, dust and aggressive steam to avoid damages to mirrors, objectives or electronics.
  • Page 9: Introduction

    Any unauthorized attempt to retune the servo by an untrained individual could result in serious damage to the scanner, mirror and electronics. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 10: Read This Before Connecting

    Supplies are required to have <100mV of ripple at full load. • Your optical scanners were carefully tested and inspected before packaging. Please report any damage to your shipping company immediately. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 11: The Main And Personality Boards

    If using a signal from a differential source, Pin 1 is the positive (+) command input, Pin 2 is the ground (-) command, and Pin 3 is the negative (-) command input. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 12 Velocity Output Ground Slew Rate Output Current Monitor No Connect Servo Enable Connector – J8 (See Main Board Drawing) Pin No. Function Servo Ready High Servo Ready Low Servo Enable Ground 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 13 3) Do not attach metal hardware to chassis through this hole or you will develop a ground loop. 4) If using the grounding hole for mounting, be sure to use plastic hardware to insulate the servo ground from chassis ground at this point. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 14 QuantumDrive-4000 Manual 5) Release 2 version alternately allows grounding with J2 quick fit terminal; in this case the mounting holes may be isolated from ground by removing solder from R97 pad. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 15: Specifications

    Error Output Scale Factor: 0.25 volt/° @ +/-20º for +/- 5V Command In Integration Output Scale Factor: 0.25 volt/° @ +/-20º for +/- 5V Command In Velocity Output Scale Factor: Analog Status LED’s Servo Power/Ready D8 (Green) Fault D7 (Red) 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 16 Temperature Stability of Electronics: 10 PPM per °C Standard Size and Weight 61mm x 57mm x 28mm 2.6 ounces (74 grams) Specifications are in degrees optical (2 x mechanical degrees) after a two-minute warm up period. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 17: Outline Drawings

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual Outline Drawings 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 18: Mechanical Outline

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 19: Jumpers, Test Points And Leds

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  • Page 20: Jumpers, Test Points And Leds

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  • Page 21: Connectors And Potentiometers

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 22: Connectors And Potentiometers

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual   91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 23: Connectors

    Power Connector – J7 (see Servo Driver Drawing) Pin No. Function + V Supply (+ 15 to +24V) Ground - V Supply (- 15 to -24V) 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 24: Command Input Connector (Main Board - J3)

    (focus) by introducing an analog dc offset to pin 4. Up to ±10 volts may be applied; however the combination of command and offset can not exceed the normal range of motion. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 25: Diagnostic Output Connector (Personality Board - J12)

    (continuous position error). 7.3.3 AGC Monitor The AGC signal (J12, Pin 3) is a voltage that drives the galvanometer position detector’s oscillator. If found to be excessive, this could suggest position detector problems. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 26: Velocity Output

    NOTE: The servo board is shipped with a solder bridge (R78), which disables the remote servo enable. The solder bridge (R78) must be removed for the remote servo enable operation to function. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 27: Galvanometer Cables And Connections

    There are two conductors and a shield that terminates to a floating terminal inside the galvanometer. Galvanometer Coil Connector – J4 (see Servo Driver Drawing) Pin No. Function Coil + Coil - Shield 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 28: Galvanometer Position Signal Connector (Main Board - J1)

    The other conductors carry the +/- position signals, power, and ground. Galvanometer Position Signal Connector – J1 (see Servo Driver Drawing) Pin No. Function Position + Position - Ground OSC Power (AGC) Shield 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 29: Power Requirements

    The QD-4000 has two generous output capacitors, which supply instantaneous peak current to the output drive amplifiers and lower the peak output requirements of your system power supply. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 30: Heat Sink Requirements

    It is suggested that the temperature of the servo driver heat sink near the output amplifiers not exceed 55 degrees Celsius. Some trial and error may be required in each application to reach the appropriate amount of heat sinking. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 31: Tuning

    10.1.2 Integrator (R47) Integrator (R47) is the pot used to adjust the gain of the servo loop at DC. This is useful for the scanner to achieve its commanded location at steady state. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 32: Damping (R23)

    Notch Filter 1 (R134) is used to attenuate the primary mechanical resonance of the galvo-mirror system. 10.1.8 Notch Filter 2(R162) Notch Filter 2 (R162) is used to attenuate the secondary mechanical resonance of the galvo-mirror system. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 33: Potentiometers (Main Board)

    Vector tuning refers to tuning a servo drive to respond to a variety of different size step commands where the galvanometer is continuously moving. Laser marking is a good example of a vector application. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 34: Raster Tuning

    (Hz) of the waveform, the desired fly back time and the velocity linearity of the active scan. A triangle waveform produces a bi-directional raster scan with no fly back. Typical applications are film imaging, metrology, fluorescent microscopy and laser TV projection. 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 35: Protection Circuits

    The QD-4000 was designed with built in protection circuits to guard against unsafe operating conditions. Although the servo design includes these protective features, Nutfield Technology, Inc. makes no warrants and assumes no responsibility in the event of a servo or galvanometer failure resulting in lost productivity, property damage or personal injury.
  • Page 36: Agc Fail / Open Loop Condition

    Servo Ready output will go high and the Fault LED (Red, D7) is on. The Servo Ready Lo output is an inverted version of the Servo Ready Hi output. J8 Pin No. Fault No Fault 1 (Servo Ready Hi) +12V 2 (Servo Ready Lo) +12V 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 37: Fuse

    Part Number: 0454005. Replacement fuses are available from the following: Digi-Key Corporation 701 Brooks Avenue South Thief River Falls, MN 56701 USA Phone: 1-800-344-4539 Fax: 1-218-681-3380 www.digikey.com Digi-Key Part Number: 0454005.MR-ND 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 38: Service And Support

    If a product is to be returned to the factory, please go to our web-site: http://www.nutfieldtech.com/nutfield/service.asp and fill out the RMA request form. 13.2 Contact Information Nutfield Technology, Inc. 1 Wall St., Suite 113 Hudson, NH 03051 TEL: 603-893-6200 FAX: 603-893-6214 www.nutfieldtech.com info@nutfieldtech.com 91-0027 Rev. E Copyright © Nutfield Technology, Inc. 6/2010...
  • Page 39: Warranty

    QuantumDrive-4000 Manual 14. Warranty Nutfield Technology, Inc. (NTI) warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for 12 months from the date of shipment. Nutfield Technology, Inc. will, at its option, repair or replace the product if it is defective within the warranty period and returned, freight pre-paid, to a service center designated by NTI.

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