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Question 48 v 400 W motors

Discussion in 'Motor actuators and drivers' started by accelero, Dec 26, 2025 at 15:00.

  1. accelero

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    a friend of mine who is an engineer in automation has visited us for Christmas and he had a look at my 4dof rig based on AASD15A driver and servos 80ST serie. He asked me the following question " why don't you use 400 W 48 V motors with encoder" . I gave him the answer that the community is large, the control boards well documented and this is a powerful , reliable and relatively cheap solution.

    He agrees with those aspects, but he thinks that if I need an easily transportable rig , servo and AASD15A drivers is not the good solution. " The cable management during transportation and installation in a new location will always be a big issue, and building a plug and play cabinet will be hard " he says.

    Do you have an opinion about this statement?
    accelero, Dec 26, 2025 at 15:00
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    Personally I disagree, first because it is easy to make wiring simple as plug and play, and second because most people only occasionally move their rigs.

    I have been the exception to the latter, my compact DC powered rig was built over a decade ago and it was meant to be moved around, and has done so a lot. The issue is not the wiring when moving, rather it is the dimension, ease of lifting and mass of the rig for transportation.
    noorbeast, Dec 26, 2025 at 22:17
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