In particular, I've been looking at Sanyo-Denki T-Series high-power servo motor line: http://www.sanyo-denki.com/Data/Servo/catalogs/T.pdf. Obviously, they have a dedicated controller board on offer, but it is both expensive and not well suited to embedded applications. Thus my first question is what line/manufactuer of ICs might I look at for controlling such applications ?
And second, [though asked from a slightly different angle, referring to steppers and not servos] those of us that have had the opportunity a bit to dig around in real-world products have undoubtedly seen one of these large, dedicated 'stepper-motor/chopping' style devices
. Obviously these setups, in part, seek to be 'all solutions to all people' but without tearing one apart myself I sense some technical gap here between a micro-controller driven shield like Ada offers, and these other off the shelf solutions-- Only I am not quite sure what that gap is (perhaps only perception, 'old tech' versus 'new' ?).Further, I know, fundamentally Adafruit Ind is driven by selling product/boards, not simply information, but a thought in my mind relates to extensions to the 'Learning System', where one might offer suggestions to carry the product further, either by suggesting particular chips that might be used or additional development concepts, much like exercises. I've learned, generally, the electronics industry is not quite like many others ('Not in stock... For *4 months?!*'), and if you want to prototype something as an individual person it is rather like composing a Titanic of the mind. However, like Amazon offer's site holder's kick backs for referencing sales purchased via references to their site, I don't quite see how some major distributor would object to this concept [Though whether or not they are setup for it is another matter].
In any case, those are my questions, and thoughts. Some of us are still 'shy on camera'!
