ADVANCED 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.
MD80 x CANdle Ecosystem Hardware
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.
CANdle (CAN + dongle) is a translator device between the master device and the MD80 controllers. It translates the master messages to CANFD bus
up to 12 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
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!
CANdle ROS/ROS2 library
CANdle ROS/ROS2 library can be used to control MD80 actuators using topics and services
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!