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==Physical reference signal types==
 
==Physical reference signal types==
 
Reference signals may have several representations in real world including:
 
Reference signals may have several representations in real world including:
* Analog voltage signal
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* [[Analog reference]] signal
 
* [[Pulse and direction]] signals
 
* [[Pulse and direction]] signals
 
* [[PWM]] signal
 
* [[PWM]] signal

Revision as of 14:32, 26 March 2012

Reference signal is a signal that will be used as target value in control systems. Typical occurrences 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 Nm would mean that motor is asked to produce 5 Nm torque.

Physical reference signal types

Reference signals may have several representations in real world including:

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 types could be 1 Volt per 100 rpm (or any other scale).