Drive Systems
4X483SQ
Four axes, power supply, I/O and cabling in one box — plug it into a parallel port.
A complete four-axis drive system: switching supply, cooling, regenerative braking, four 4.2 A drivers, buffered and filtered I/O, and a PC parallel-port interface. Cut your development and assembly cost in one part number.
- axes
- 4
- motor drive
- 44 V
- per axis (3 A RMS)
- 4.2 A
- universal AC in
- 90–265 V
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4X483SQ specifications
Hardware
- 44 volt current drive, 0.3 A to 4.2 A resistor programmable per axis. Default 4.2 A (3 A RMS)
- Full step rate to 10,000/sec (2,560,000 micro-steps/sec). Always micro-steps
- Bipolar 4-wire H-bridge D-MOS drive
- Electronic fusing for each axis
- Universal power input 90–265 VAC 50–60 Hz
- Convection and dual-fan cooling
- Extruded aluminium heatsinks
- Automatic axis idle current reduction
- 5 inputs, RC filtered plus hysteresis buffered
- 4 outputs buffered to drive 5 V 100 mA (relay coils)
- Outputs electronically fused, auto reset
- +5 V 1 A user short-circuit protected power
- PC parallel port terminated and filtered
- Electronic braking for motor transients
- Pluggable screw terminal connectors
- One output may be used for a driver enable
- Outputs all turn off if you unplug the PC
- Outputs configurable for low or high input control
- LED indicators for each driver on/OK, plus drivers-enabled indicator
- Documentation printed on the system cover
- All four drivers on one circuit board
Software compatibility
- Any PC parallel port step-and-direction software
- Mach series 1, 2 and 3
- WinCNC (needs optional adaptor)
- Any other step-and-direction output controller
Supplied in the box
- 4X483 four-axis step motor drive system
- Power cord — 6 ft
- Parallel port cable 6 ft (IEEE-1284)
- 4 x 5-pin pluggable screw terminal motor connectors
- 1 x 7-pin pluggable screw terminal input connector
- 1 x 8-pin pluggable screw terminal output connector
Options
- 10 ft or 25 ft parallel port cable (IEEE-1284)
- Opto limit switches
- Step motors size 17 through 34
- WINCNCA adaptor (mounts in PC)
- Custom waveform matching to your motors — reduces torque ripple and position error for ultra-quiet operation
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Pricing is quoted per application. Call sales, or send the axis count, motor sizes and duty cycle and we will come back with a configuration.