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Submitted by the_buff on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 13:52

I am using the Galil DMC-4133 to control a Geckodrive G214 stepper motor driver. I understand that the G214 and the DMC-4133 have the means to "smooth" out the stepper motors. My grasp of how each piece of hardware goes about accomplishing that task is very limited. Am I setting myself up for trouble by leaving the DMC-4133 stepper motor smoothing (KS) filter on? Do the methods used by the DMC-4133 and G214 interfere in this respect? If they do not interfere or conflict, is there a correct sequence for tuning the appropriate amounts of smoothing?

Thank you.

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andriys on 11/08/2017 - 11:04

Hello the_buff,
I am not familiar with smoothing methods of G214 stepper drive so I can not comment if they would conflict with Galil's. You can get more information on stepper smoothing done by Galil controller from the application note on "Understanding Stepper Motor Parameters MT and KS". You can find this application note (#2446) on our website:
http://galil.com/learn/application-notes
If you need further assistance with this application, feel free to email support@galil.com
Thank you,
Andriy Stasyuk
Applications Engineer