Robots and manipulators are key to help increase productivity and relieve humans from heavy, repetitive or dangerous tasks. Locally – within a factory – and connected globally, they are the centerpiece of the 4th industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. An industrial multi-axis manipulator is a complex mechanical, electric and electronic system becoming over the years more and more sophisticated with as many as 18 different electric motors and a large array of sensors and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication means. Safety first – for the humans interacting with them – followed by reliability and a very long lifetime are the key challenges in designing an industrial robot and thus large use of redundancy mechanisms – either hardware or software – and predictive maintenance strategies must be implemented to ensure productive and cost-effective solutions.
Our products and solutions
We have a wide range of motor control solutions including discrete Power MOSFETs and IGBTs and intelligent power modules (IPMs), STM32 32-bit microcontrollers, a wide range of MEMS inertial and environmental sensors, power supply and conversion ICs as well as wired and wireless connectivity solutions to help design efficient and reliable manipulators and robotic devices.
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Application Notes (5 of 11)
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| 1.0 | 25 May 2022 | 25 May 2022 | ||
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| 1.4 | 18 Jul 2022 | 18 Jul 2022 | ||
| 1.2 | 28 Feb 2020 | 28 Feb 2020 | ||
| 2.5 | 27 Sep 2021 | 27 Sep 2021 | ||
| 2.1 | 05 Apr 2022 | 05 Apr 2022 | ||
| 2.0 | 05 Apr 2022 | 05 Apr 2022 | ||
| 2.0 | 25 May 2022 | 25 May 2022 | ||
| 1.0 | 12 Sep 2022 | 12 Sep 2022 | ||
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| 1.0 | 09 May 2022 | 09 May 2022 |
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| 1.1 | 21 Sep 2022 | 21 Sep 2022 |
Brochures (4)
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| 1.0 | 12 Sep 2022 | 12 Sep 2022 |
eDesignSuite
eDesignSuite is a comprehensive set of easy-to-use design-aid utilities ready to help you streamline the system development process with a wide range of ST products.
Power Management Design Center
Choose design tool: 
SMPS design, by topology, by type and by product PFC design with analog and digitial control Supports various PCB configurations 
Handles AC-DC and DC-DC design in common topologies Displays interactive and annotated schematic Provides current/voltage graphs, Bode plots, efficiency curves and power-loss data 
Provides a step-by-step optimized design of power section and control loop Generates the STM32Cube embedded software package for custom applications and allows firmware project generation, compatible with multiple STM32 IDEs 
Specify input/output power for each node in the tree Check for consistency Design each individual node
Power Supply Design Tool
SMPS design, by topology, by type and by product PFC design with analog and digitial control Supports various PCB configurations Choose type: DC/DC AC/DC Solar Battery Charger
LED Lighting Design Tool
Handles AC-DC and DC-DC design in common topologies Displays interactive and annotated schematic Provides current/voltage graphs, Bode plots, efficiency curves and power-loss data Choose type: DC/DC AC/DC
Digital Power Workbench
Provides a step-by-step optimized design of power section and control loop Generates the STM32Cube embedded software package for custom applications and allows firmware project generation, compatible with multiple STM32 IDEs Power Tree Designer
Specify input/output power for each node in the tree Check for consistency Design each individual node Power Supply Design Tool
Power Supply Design Tool
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Comparators
Current Sensing
LED Lighting Design Tool
Rectifier Diodes Simulator
STPOWER Studio
AC Switches Simulator
Power Supply Design Tool
TVS Simulator
Power Supply Design Tool
LED Lighting Design Tool
NFC Tuning Circuit
NFC Inductance