DC Programmable Controllers

The drive board was designed with cost at the forefront of the specification and manufactured in volumes that deliver this promise.  Use Red Drive throughout the product development process.  At the final stage you have the option to take the chip from Red Drive and incorporate it on your own board.

Red Drive is a compact yet powerful motor driver and controller. It is designed to be used with our encoders and wide range of dc motors and gearboxes. Our unique flowchart graphical software allows the user to easily program both simple and complex sequences of motion. 

The  interacts with both analogue and digital inputs such as potentiometers, simple switches and many other sensors. Digital outputs are available to control LED’s, buzzers and other user defined outputs. 

The  software provides the user with an easy to use interface for defining all aspects of the controller. The simple drag and drop uses real world values such as rpm and seconds.

Data sheet        Red Drive Manual

Functions

Speed control: output speed will remain stable running against a variable load.

Position control: unit can be moved set distances. For example: move 20 revolutions at 200 rpm. Maximum movement from start position is 44,000,000 motor revs.

Home: the unit can have one of its inputs defined as a ‘home’ input, (switch etc.) this provides a reference point for all other movements.

Acceleration: unit features a ‘straight line’ acceleration profile, defined as X rpm to Y rpm in Z seconds. Acceleration is available from ‘as fast as motor’, to a maximum acceleration time of 1967 seconds (This can be increased by sequential accelerations).

Wait: unit can wait (either while motor is running or while stationary) for up to 549500 seconds. (This can be increased by sequential waits).

Global fail safe: external input can trigger Red Drive shutdown.

Variable calculations: Various calculations can be made on variables, +, -, *, <, >. Useful for counting in sequences.

The total number of functions that can be used will vary from application to application, but the unit should allow for a repeatable sequence of over 100 functions.

Brushed Red Drive

DC1A General Specification
Supply Voltage 9: - 30Vdc
Supply Current: 1A
Inputs/Outputs: 9 I/O pins 1 input pin (5 I/O pins are suitable for analogue signals)

Connectors
Power: 2 pin screw terminal
Inputs/Outputs: 0.1” 14 pin IDC header
Motor/Encoder: 0.1” 6 pin snap lock header

DC2A General Specification
Supply Voltage: 9 - 30Vdc
Supply Current: 2A
Inputs/Outputs: 9 I/O pins 1 input pin (5 I/O pins are suitable for analogue signals)

Connectors
Power: 2 pin screw terminal
Inputs/Outputs: 0.1” 14 pin IDC header
Motor/Encoder: 0.1” 6 pin snap lock header

DC10A General Specification
Supply Voltage: 15 - 30Vdc
Supply Curren: 10A
Inputs/Outputs: 9 I/O pins 1 input pin (All TTL level) (5 I/O pins are suitable for analogue signals)

Connectors
Power: 2 pin screw terminal
Inputs/Outputs: 0.1” 14 pin IDC header
Motor: 2 pin screw terminal
Encoder: 0.1” 4 pin snap lock header

Brushless Red Drive

Brushless Red Drive
BLDC10A General Specification
Supply voltage: 12 - 24Vdc
Supply Current: 10A
Inputs/Outputs: 27 I/O pins (8 I/O pins are suitable for analogue signals)

Connectors
Power/Motor/Hall: 10 pin screw terminal
Inputs/Outputs: 0.1” 14 pin IDC header / 0.1" 26 pin IDC header
Encoder: 0.1” 4 pin snap lock header

Red Drive Chip
The power of the Red Drive controller for direct integration into your PCB. Allows you to specify and design in the optimum power components and input/output features for your product.

Standard Red Drive chip is available as an 18 pin SOIC. 20 pin SSOP and 28pin QFN chips are available as options.

SA1 General Specification
The Serial Adapter is the key to using our Red Drive controllers. This small board and accompanying software allow you to program your own sequences onto the Red Drive controller. The unit only needs to be connected to the Red Drive during programming and is therefore ideally suited to the production environment

Serial Port Connector: RS-232 (Female)
Red Drive Connector: 0.1” 18 way
Red Drive Supply Voltage: 7-30Vdc