Intelligent Motion Control
Superior Motion Control, Advanced Sensing, and Deterministic Connectivity Enable Smart Manufacturing
Intelligent motion control is the core building block of smart manufacturing, enabling highly flexible and efficient manufacturing. Intelligent motion control combines precision feedback, advanced sensing, high performance control, and seamless connectivity to deliver deterministic motion solutions.
Motion control solutions have evolved from basic on/off fixed speed motors to complex multiaxis servo-drive solutions in robotics. This evolution has been driven by the increasing complexity of automation required to deliver higher levels of performance and autonomy in smart manufacturing.
Trends in Intelligent Motion Control
Intelligent motion control is being accelerated by four key growth drivers: reduced energy consumption, agile production, digital transformation, and the move toward new service-based business models (which are based on reducing downtime and increased asset utilization in smart manufacturing).
Reduced Energy Consumption
Up to 70% of the electricity used in industry is consumed by electric motors. Intelligent motion solutions are delivering and will continue to deliver significant reductions in energy consumption by moving more applications from fixed speed motors to high efficiency motors and variable speed drives, in part driven by energy efficiency regulations.
Agile Production
As industries are adapting to keep up with consumer demand and changing buyer behaviors, agile production—based on reconfigurable production lines—is required to deliver more customization and faster turnaround times. Agile production increases resilience in a time of disruption and enables a faster response to changing customer demands.
Digital Transformation
Motion data and insights from advanced sensing are now more accessible, as motion assets are networked together to share data in real-time. This data can be analyzed by powerful cloud-computing and AI to optimize manufacturing flows and monitor the current state of health of the assets across the entire installation.
New Business Models
Intelligent motion applications are integrating condition monitoring capabilities to implement real-time monitoring of the assets’ health to eliminate unplanned downtime, deliver higher levels of productivity and asset utilization. This creates new business model opportunities for deployed assets with predictive maintenance, service-based contracts.
Accelerate Higher Value Motion Solutions with Access to System Insights
Analog Devices is focused on delivering the highest system performance and leading integration across multiple technologies. We then combine this with extensive motion control, system-level knowledge to provide you with unique system solutions enabling precise motion control, accurate position and velocity tracking, and seamless connectivity, with an increased focus on safety, robustness, reliability, and higher efficiency solutions.
Precision Measurement
ADI’s low latency, high accuracy solutions enable precise current and position measurement for superior motion control performance.
Industrial Ethernet
High speed, interoperable Ethernet solutions from ADI enable real-time connectivity and advanced system-level insights.
Isolation and Interface Technology
ADI’s Isolation technology provides robust safety isolation protecting people and assets from high voltage and disruptive electromagnetic interference.
Magnetic Sensing
ADI’s compact magnetic sensing technology provides robust and accurate position sensing for superior motion control.
Power Management
Compact, high efficiency, high power density solutions from ADI provide robust and reliable power for motion control needs.
Machine Health with Condition-Based Monitoring
Advanced machine heath monitoring solutions and platforms reduce system downtime and maintenance costs.
Trinamic + ADI: Empowering Intelligent Motion Control
Trinamic’s motion control expertise and Analog Devices mixed-signal and power management technologies will enable a new class of intelligent motion solutions. Over the past 20 years, Trinamic has created a broad portfolio of products and solutions that focus on transforming digital information into precise and efficient physical motion. Ranging from integrated circuits with field oriented control to custom PCBs and complete PANdrive™ smart motor solutions.
Reconfigurable Motion and Robotics Development Platform
Simplify development of high end motor control applications with this reconfigurable motion and robotics platform. Experience extreme flexibility and scalability with a programmable FPGA fabric and four on-board FMC connectors.
Intelligent Motion Control Brochure
ADI’s industry-leading, intelligent motion control solutions for smart manufacturing combine technologies to deliver robust, precise motion control for harsh industrial deployments with seamless access to motion insights from advanced sensing.
ADI OtoSense Smart Motor Sensor: AI powered, complete turnkey solution for CbM
ADI OtoSense™ Smart Motor Sensor (SMS) monitors the condition of your electric motors by combining best-in-class sensing technologies with leading-edge data analysis. ADI OtoSense SMS detects anomalies and defects in equipment, enabling you to forecast maintenance cycles and avoid unplanned downtime.
Featured Technical Articles
Key Intelligent Motion Products
ADuM7701
The ADuM7701 is a high performance, second-order, sigma-delta (Σ-Δ) modulator that converts an analog input signal into a high speed, single-bit data stream, with on-chip digital isolation based on Analog Devices, Inc., iCoupler® technology.
AD7380
The AD7380/AD7381 are a 16-bit and 14-bit pin-compatible family of dual simultaneous sampling, high speed, low power, successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that operate from a 3.0 V to 3.6 V power supply and feature throughput rates up to 4 MSPS.
ADA4570
Integrated AMR angle sensor and signal conditioner with differential outputs.
Featured Products
Interactive Signal Chains
Reference Designs
Latest Resources
Technical Articles
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Accelerating Industry 4.0: Extending the Secure Edge in Industrial Control Systems
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Driving Higher Levels of Flexibility, Productivity, and Sustainability in Smart Manufacturing
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Timing Challenges in Multiaxis Robotics and Machine Tool Applications
Analog Dialogue
- Going Faster and Further with Fieldbus
- Robust Ethernet Physical Layer Solutions for Time Critical Communications in Harsh Industrial Environments
Videos
- New Intelligent Motion Control Solutions Enable Agile Production
- New ADI’s Complete Precision Signal Chains for Easy System Solutions
- New ADI's Slew Rate Controllable ADuM4122 Balances EMI & Efficiency
- ADI's CN0531: Programmable 20-Bit Precision DC Voltage Source
- ADI's ADN4624 5.7 kV rms Quad-Channel 2.5 Gigabit Isolator
Application Notes
- AN-1397: Using the ADM3065E 50 Mbps RS-485 Transceiver in EnDat Motor Control Encoder Applications (Rev. A) PDF
- AN-1407: ADSP-CM402F/ADSP-CM403F/ADSP-CM407F/ADSP-CM408F/ADSP-CM409F Pulse Width Modulator in AC Motor Control Applications (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1316: Generating Multiple Isolated Bias Rails for IGBT Motor Drives with Flyback, SEPIC, and Ćuk Combination (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1265: Isolated Motor Control Feedback Using the ADSP-CM402F/ADSP-CM403F/ADSP-CM407F/ADSP-CM408F SINC Filters and the AD7401A (Rev. B) PDF
- AN-1308: Common-Mode Step Response of Current Sense Amplifiers (Rev. A) PDF
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Design Notes
Product Selection Guide
Circuit Note
Solutions Bulletins & Brochures
Webcasts
- New Intelligent Motion Control Driving Higher Levels of Flexibility, Productivity and Sustainability in Smart Manufacturing
- New Simulated Phased Array Beam Stabilization Demo using ADIS16480 & MATLAB Phased Array System Toolbox Webinar
- Fastest Ever – Innovate with 2.5 Gigabit Digital Isolators
- Signal Chain Filtering: Beginning with the Basics
- Stabilization and Pointing for Radar and Phased-Array Systems