Difference between revisions of "Setpoint signal"

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Reference signal is a signal that will be used as target value in control systems. Typical occurrencies of reference signals in GD products are:

• Position reference
• Veloicty reference
• Torque reference

I.e. position reference value may be "1234" which could mean a target position of 1234 mm in some linear actuator. Or torque reference of 5.0 could mean that motor is asked to produce 5 Nm torque.

Physical reference signal types

Reference signals may have several representations in real world such as:

• Analog reference signal
• Pulse and direction signals
• PWM signal
• Serial communication command

In these cases there will be a conversion between input and output units. For example when using +/-10V reference as velocity reference, the relation betveen input to output types could be 1 Volt per 100 rpm (or any other scale).

Reference signal characteristics