All change for motor control as more engineers outsource

摘要

Precision motor giant reports "sea change" in attitudes to building controllers. The market leader in high-precision DC drives, maxon motor, has noticed a sudden surge in the number of design engineers specifying matching controllers for their DC brushed and brushless motors. Traditionally, the world-class engineers who have relied upon maxon products down the years - in fields as challenging as space exploration, surgical instruments, advanced robotics and Formula 1 racing - would place such intense demands upon their controllers that it often made sense to build them in-house. Now, however, advances in off-the-shelf controller technology have reversed the situation - with an increasing number of engineers viewing home-making motion control electronics as a waste of time, money and effort... not to mention an unnecessary risk.