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ROBOTIC BRUSHLESS ACTUATORS

We specialize in developing brushless motor controllers and complete custom actuator systems. Our goal is to provide a plug-and-play solution to speed up the development of your product.
Designed for mobile robotics, easy to integrate anywhere.

MD80 x CANdle Ecosystem Hardware

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one PC or SBC

To control MD80 actuators you will need a regular PC or SBC (such as Raspberry PI). This master controller communicates with CANdle using USB, SPI or UART bus.

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CANdle (CAN + dongle) is a translator device between the master device and the MD80 controllers. It translates the master messages to CANFD bus.

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up to 16 MD80 actuators

MD80 is an integrated brushless motor controller used in every MAB actuator. It communicates with CANdle using CANFD bus.

MD80 x CANdle Ecosystem Software 

The MD80 x CANdle software can be divided into a few components. All of them are based on a common base - the CANdle C++ library. 

CANdle C++
library

CANdle C++ library is the heart of the ecosystem on the master side. It takes care of all actions connected to communication and provides API for higher level software

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CANdle
Python library

CANdle Python library is the equivalent of C++ library, just translated to Python using pybind. If you're into Python this is our recommendation!

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CANdle ROS/ROS2 library

 

 

 

CANdle ROS/ROS2 library can be used to control MD80 actuators using topics and services

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mdtool - terminal config tool

MDTOOL is a small terminal app that can be used to quickly setup your MD80 drives. Just a few simple commands and you're done with the setup!

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Still thirsty for more? 

Check out our MD80 x CANdle manual:

All products are available in the shop!

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