The Argon firmware release 2.0 beta version together with Granity 1.8 preview is now available for public testing!
For complete list of changes and downloads, see this page. We’re reading every feedback, so please send some of your thoughts in comments here, or by email :-)
Due to popular demand, we brought BL series servo motors back in stock!
They have little bit different specifications than the earlier BL series motors. Now these motors are rated between 24 and 48 VDC which makes them ideal match with IONI drives. Also BL70 series motors have been upgraded from 4 000 CPR to 10 000 CPR encoders for smoother and stiffer operation.
Servo motor selection
The awaited IONICUBE 1X has been now released and available through the web shop! Also documentation is online in the Wiki.
IONICUBE 1X
On-board features include:
Granity configuration software has been successfully compiled on LinuxCNC distribution and works without any issues (except the default screen resolution being quite low :). The plan is to include pre-compiled Granity for Linux in the future releases.
Granity running on LinuxCNC 2.6 distribution
In other news, Granity 1.8 is coming soon with Argon support. Same time the Argon firmware version 2.0 will be introduced.
The new IONI firmware version has been released! It adds long awaited SinCos encoder support to the drive.
See the video below as comparison of SinCos and incremental encoder. The main advantages of SinCos are: silent (no dither), more stiffness and more precision. The only drawbacks are the availability and price of such encoders.
The other added features include application specific functionality for torque mode. This includes rotation limit (added safety) and torque setpoint scaling by analog input. These may be useful especially for OpenSimWheel project builders.