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General Description
The MBC10P31 is a low-cost single axis step motor driver integrated with a programmable pulse genera-
tor. The MBC10P31 microstep driver/pulse generator has an output current capability of 1.5A minimum
to 10.0A maximum (peak rating). The MBC10P31 driver operates with a DC voltage of 20VDC to 80VDC.
The MBC10P31’s internal controller can store two different programmable motion profi les. The MBC10P31
also has directional soft and hard limit switch inputs, a busy output and a clock output that can be used for
daisy chaining drivers together. The MBC10P31 driver features direction control and motor current On/
Off capabilities. The “Reduce Current Enabled” feature automatically reduces motor current to 50% of
the set value. The driver has built in features to indicate power on (green LED), running (yellow LED) and
error conditions (red LED). The MBC10P31 has a fi xed step resolution of 2000 steps/revolution for a 1.8°
stepper motor. The bipolar drive confi guration handles 4, 6, and 8 lead step motors and is also equipped
with over current protection. The MBC10P31 communicates via USB communication. The easy to use
Windows software, SMPG-SMSI Software, is used to directly set up the two different motion profi les.
MBC10P31 Features
• Output Current of 10.0A Peak
• 2000 Steps/Revolution
• On-Board Programmable Pulse Generator with 2 motion profi les
• Pulses From 1Hz to 50kHz
• Directional Soft and Hard Limit Switch Inputs
• Pulse Generator Clock Output
• Busy Output
• Motor On/Off Input and Automatic Current Reduction
• Short Circuit Protection
Motion Profi les and Running the Indexer
The programmable pulse generator has the ability to store two different motion profi les. The
profi les include a base speed (starting speed), a maximum speeds (running speed) and an ac-
celeration/deceleration. The base speed has a range of 1-5000Hz, the maximum speed has a
range of 1 Hz-50kHz and the acceleration/deceleration has a range of 100 to 9,999,999 steps/sec
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There are “two ways” to get the unit to index: Examples are shown on the next page.
1. The fi rst way is to directly control it from the computer with the software provided. Once
the motion profi les have been set, the unit is ready to run. From the software, the user can
select which profi le to run and then click the begin motion button. If a soft limit command is
sent or a soft limit input is activated, then the unit will immediately ramp down to base speed
and stop. To stop motion immediately a hard limit command needs to be sent or a hard limit
input must be activated.
2. The second way to make the unit run is to activate the run input. When the run input is
activated, it looks at the max1\max2 input and selects from memory the speed profi le that was
selected. To stop motion, release the run input. When this input is release, the deceleration
option will then either ramp down to base speed and stop or just hard stop. If a soft+ or soft
limit switch is activated when the Run input is active, the pulse generator will ramp down to
base speed and keep running. If a hard+ or hard- limit switch is activated when the run input
is active, the motor will stop immediately.
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