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 Jul 22 2008, 05:09 PM
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I've been looking for a while now, but I can't seem to find any rod type linear actuators with labview drivers made. I was wondering if anyone knows any distributors that provide actuators (with a stroke length of at least 30cm) with drivers made for labview. Thanks Tags
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Jul 22 2008, 05:09 PM
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Jul 22 2008, 07:09 PM
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Actuators need a controller and an amplifier. LabVIEW communicates with the controller. I've used rotary actuators that had built-in controllers and amplifiers, but they were serial devices and a "driver" wasn't needed. I know a few of the bigger motion control companies (Aerotech, Parker) will sell you "Software Development Kits"
 for LabVIEW if you are going the separate controller/amplifier route.-------------------- "Whether they be the musician cats in my band or the real cats of the world, they all got style." -Ray Charles
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Jul 22 2008, 09:56 PM
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QUOTE (Hansell @ Jul 22 2008, 01:09 PM)  I've been looking for a while now, but I can't seem to find any rod type linear actuators with labview drivers made. I was wondering if anyone knows any distributors that provide actuators (with a stroke length of at least 30cm) with drivers made for labview. Try Copley Motion? I've been controlling their stepper motor amplifiers through LabVIEW (they provide a free ActiveX component and LabVIEW examples). They work well in my application and were simple to set up. I haven't used their linear actuators but I'm willing to guess that they're equally easy to use. Tags
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Jul 22 2008, 11:25 PM
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What sort of force and frequency response are you after?
All the actuators I work with at work, are fed an analogue signal that controls the shuttle in the servo, A PID loop is then used to control the displacement or load. Can you give a bit more information on the application? Tags
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Jul 23 2008, 08:06 AM
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 Very Active Premium Member  Posts: 178 Joined: 19-January 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 1396 Using LabVIEW Since:1998 LV:8.20 ,8.0.1 ,7.1.1 
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QUOTE (Hansell @ Jul 22 2008, 07:09 PM) Hi, I've been looking for a while now, but I can't seem to find any rod type linear actuators with labview drivers made. I was wondering if anyone knows any distributors that provide actuators (with a stroke length of at least 30cm) with drivers made for labview. Thanks http://www.maxonmotor.com/ Maxon has LabVIEW drivers for its drives RS232/CAN-bus I used a maxon motor/drive with RS232 driver for a test bench - works great... What is your application? What do you need to do? --------------------  Happy Wiring! (User defined "Swiss Wire Class" for neutral data only!!!) Tags
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Jul 23 2008, 08:15 AM
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I used LinMot motor and controller. It had not LabVIEW drivers, but it was very easy to write such for RS232. Worked very good.
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