Ethercat HDT LOVATO Servodrives
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18 Sep 2025 11:37 #335153
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Hi guys,
I've been looking for decent servo drives for DC motors with a nominal current of 10A and a peak current of 20A for some time now.
A while ago, I also started using Beckhoff modules with Linuxcnc+Ethercat, which made me happy because it was relatively easy to get up and running.
I've been looking at the Beckhoff EL7342+ZB8610 package, which reaches 6.5A per channel, which is relatively good for small DC motors, although the price is steep.
I've used HDT LOVATO's Colibri series servo amplifiers in the past; they're relatively easy to use, offering differential analog and PWM/DIR control. What has caught my attention is that they have developed other quite versatile DX, TMC and NTT series of servo drives under various field buses CanOpen, ModBus, ****Ethercat**** etc, which can be configured to handle different types of brushless motors, permanent magnet DC motors, three-phase asynchronous motors etc, the type of feedback to use is also configurable: incremental encoder, absolute SSI, BISS, Endat2.2. Another thing I liked is that they have a software called Caliper that can be downloaded from the official HDT LOVATO website. It allows you to configure these drivers. The documentation is quite good. Although the documentation is available in several languages, there is some inconsistency on the website, and only the Italian manuals are correct.
After some waiting and many emails, I contacted HDT LOVATO and ordered the DGFox60EVO-10/20 driver. This can be controlled via analog control, pulse/dir, and ***Ethercat***. These drivers are developed in compliance with the CIA402 standard. So, I think I'll start reading a little about the PDO descriptions of these servo drivers to develop a driver that I can incorporate into Linuxcnc. It's always good to have your input, so good ideas are welcome.
The servodrive manuals and PDO descriptions can be downloaded from the HDT LOVATO website . You must create an account to download the documentation.
I'm looking forward to the servodrive's arrival. Greetings to everyone.
I've been looking for decent servo drives for DC motors with a nominal current of 10A and a peak current of 20A for some time now.
A while ago, I also started using Beckhoff modules with Linuxcnc+Ethercat, which made me happy because it was relatively easy to get up and running.
I've been looking at the Beckhoff EL7342+ZB8610 package, which reaches 6.5A per channel, which is relatively good for small DC motors, although the price is steep.
I've used HDT LOVATO's Colibri series servo amplifiers in the past; they're relatively easy to use, offering differential analog and PWM/DIR control. What has caught my attention is that they have developed other quite versatile DX, TMC and NTT series of servo drives under various field buses CanOpen, ModBus, ****Ethercat**** etc, which can be configured to handle different types of brushless motors, permanent magnet DC motors, three-phase asynchronous motors etc, the type of feedback to use is also configurable: incremental encoder, absolute SSI, BISS, Endat2.2. Another thing I liked is that they have a software called Caliper that can be downloaded from the official HDT LOVATO website. It allows you to configure these drivers. The documentation is quite good. Although the documentation is available in several languages, there is some inconsistency on the website, and only the Italian manuals are correct.
After some waiting and many emails, I contacted HDT LOVATO and ordered the DGFox60EVO-10/20 driver. This can be controlled via analog control, pulse/dir, and ***Ethercat***. These drivers are developed in compliance with the CIA402 standard. So, I think I'll start reading a little about the PDO descriptions of these servo drivers to develop a driver that I can incorporate into Linuxcnc. It's always good to have your input, so good ideas are welcome.
The servodrive manuals and PDO descriptions can be downloaded from the HDT LOVATO website . You must create an account to download the documentation.
I'm looking forward to the servodrive's arrival. Greetings to everyone.
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