I appreciate the help and information. One last question before I go out and try this. I found a servo motor with a serial encoder. What interface board should I use to read that if I were using an 8i20 to power the servo?
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:06 AM Les Newell <les.new...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: > If you are trying to counterbalance a pure weight this system would > inevitably end up accelerating into it's travel limits. However if the > load has some sort of spring component it should be stable. For instance > if you are trying to counterbalance a load so the force feedback is > providing most of the force but something else is providing a small > stabilizing force it should work. > > It is difficult to provide better advice without knowing more about the > application. > > Les > > On 19/09/2019 13:31, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > I don't think closing the loop with force feedback would work, If the > motor is applying x amount of force, adding more weight isn't going to > change the amount of force read by the force feedback device. It will just > push it down. The feedback will only be reading the force applied by the > motor to resist the load, not the load itself, so changing the load will > only cause acceleration. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
