Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced the release of its Adept Servo Kits, completely self-contained, pre-engineered amplifier and motor packages that are preconfigured to work with the Adept SmartControllers, which are based on the IEEE-1394 (FireWire®) technology. The Adept Servo Kits are based on Adept's SmartAmp technology and provide true plug-and-play servo compatibility with Adept's line of Adept SmartController products.
Each Adept Servo Kit consists of an Adept SmartAmp with a matched ac servo motor with absolute encoder, amplifier mounting bracket and documentation. Components such as power and interface cables, a remote IO kit, a power distribution unit, and cable accessories are available as options. Several Servo Kits can be daisy-chained to a single controller using less cabling, reducing cost. The distributed servo amplifier mounts close to the servo motor, eliminating the need for panel space and reducing the length of required cabling.
