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Rev. 1.0
9/15/2010
3SR8 User Manual
1 Introduction
Thank you for selecting the MOONS’ 3SR8 Motor Drive. We hope our commitment to
performance, quality and economy will make a successful motion control project.
1.1 Overview
The 3SR8 series drives are cost-effective, high performance 3 phase step drives. The design is
based on PID current control technology, and features high torque, low noise, and low vibration.
The running current and microstep resolution are switch selectable.
1.2 Features
• Power Supply - operates from a 24 to 75 volt DC power supply
• Output Power - 3 position switch selectable, 8 settings, maximum 7.8 amps peak
• Current Control - advanced digital current control provides excellent high speed torque
• Microstep Resolution - 3 position switch selectable, 8 settings: 1000, 1600, 2000, 3200, 4000,
5000, 6400, 51200 step/rev
• Speed Range - speeds up to 1800 rpm
• Anti Resonance - raises the system-damping ratio to eliminate midrange instability and allow
stable operation throughout the speed range of the motor.
• Auto Setup - measures motor parameters and congures motor current control and anti-
resonance gain settings
• Microstep Emulation - performs high resolution stepping by synthesizing coarse steps into ne
micro-steps
• Control Modes - Step & Direction (contact factory for CW/CCW pulse option)
• Input Digital Filters - 150K Hz or 2M Hz digital lter for high speed inputs
• Motor Type Select - a 16 bit rotary switch is used to select the desired motor database which
is pre-loaded at the Factory
• Load Inertia Select - as part of the motor database each motor can be selected for use with
low or high load inertia.
• Idle Current - switch selectable for 50% or 90% idle running current reduction 1 second after
the motor stops
• Self Test - switch selectable, the drive will perform a 2 rev, 1 rps, CW/CCW move test