AKD EtherCAT Flexible PDO Mapping Size Limitations and Padding >

The AKD drive supports flexible EtherCAT PDO mapping.  The 4 available flexible RxPDO’s (PDO data for receive direction, commands from master to drive) are mapped using objects 1600h, 1601h, 1602h, and 1603h.  Each one of these RxPDOs is…

KAS - Linking PDO parameters into application code >

The PDO Ethercat channel provides deterministic, fast update of parameters between the KAS controller and drives (through Ethercat). The PDO Selection Mapping tab provides an method to link PDO parameters to variables in the application code. The…

Velocity mode control of an axis with KAS controller >

The attached demo project shows how to control a servo axis with a KAS controller in Velocity Mode instead fo the default Position Mode.

How do I insert PDO padding in the KAS PDO Editor? >

Some EtherCAT devices require padding data (empty data) inside their PDO content.  Some of these devices must have their PDO configuration entered or edited manually.  Here is an example of the PDO mapping for one of these devices as it…

Torque mode control of an axis with KAS Controller >

The attached demo project shows how to control a servo axis with a KAS controller in Torque Mode instead fo the default Position Mode. This project requires a 2.9 release of KAS software and PDMM firmware, which is currently only available in beta…