August 14, 2012 - Moog Animatics announced the –CDS option, which gives users the option of employing CAN communications through the D-Sub connector on the top of the motor instead of through the 5-pin connector on the back of the motor.
Through a small change to the circuitry, this option decreases the space required when integrating the motor into industrial machinery. The –CDS option opens the door to numerous vertical axis applications that would benefit from SmartMotor technology by allowing for an integrated brake while using CAN. The SmartMotor from Moog Animatics is an advanced, programmable motion controller with an integrated servo motor, drive, amplifier and encoder inside one package. Each SmartMotor can be a slave or a master to any other SmartMotor, with the ability to link over 100 SmartMotor systems together over one CANbus.
