Comments on: Why Are Standard Servo Motors So Different?

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:43:44 +0000

MicroMo unfortunately did not have a motor that met our requirements… we really would have preferred their motors.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:36:48 +0000

Go look at Faulhaber/MicroMo micro motors. The 2224 series also use a ribbon cable: a sweet motor with an ugly cable. BTW, Faulhaber has one advantage over Maxon: they offer pre-loaded gear motors with zero backlash, but last time I checked Maxon didn’t. Both offer CANOpen drives, but only MicroMo gets the glory of making the worst motion controller I’ve ever used, the MVP2001 (trust me, the MVP makes Galil’s two letter commands look like paradise).

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:01:07 +0000

ugh… connectors!!! I absolutely hate the ones Maxon uses on their EC16 motors. Tiny motor, but ridiculous ribbon cable with IDC connector.