{"id":26035,"date":"2021-11-17T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/?p=26035"},"modified":"2023-03-11T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T18:17:54","slug":"automation1-motion-control-platform-improves-laser-scan-system-tracking-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/automation1-motion-control-platform-improves-laser-scan-system-tracking-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Automation1 Motion Control Platform Improves Laser Scan System Tracking Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Precision laser scanning systems are characterized by their ability to perform challenging contoured motion while maintaining the desired path position. One might refer to this as the \u201cminimal tracking error\u201d or \u201cminimal following error.\u201d&nbsp; Many factors are involved in delivering high-throughput, highly-accurate laser scanning systems. For simplicity, there are two main technical components that must work together to deliver this performance:&nbsp;<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The mechanical solution &#8211; the laser scan head itself.<\/li>\n\n<li>The control solution &#8211; the motion controller and drive system for the laser scan head.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol><p>A laser scan head is typically composed of two mirrors, each directly coupled to its own galvanometric, servo controlled motor with a precision feedback device. The design of these motor-mirror-feedback assemblies and the associated mechanical support structure sets a baseline for the potential performance of the overall system. For the sake of the tests described in this application note, the same mechanical setup was used to compare two different control platforms.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The control solution begins with a motion controller translating a desired trajectory (often described in arcs and lines using the G-Code programming language) into a series of control points (called \u2018trajectory points\u2019) that are then sent to independent servo controllers &#8211; one for each motor. These points are the input to the servo controllers, which interpolate the points to match the rate of the servo control loop\u2019s operation. To achieve highly accurate vector motion, each independent servo controller must receive and use these command positions synchronized in time. This synchronized control enables coordination of the power amplifiers and therefore of the motion of each motor in the laser scan head, ultimately supplying precise vector laser spot placement to a process. The ability of the new Automation1 motion control platform is compared with the ability of the industry established A3200 motion control platform for the sake of controlling an AGV20HP-2 galvo scanner. See Table 1 for a comparison of the systems.<\/p><div id=\"footable_parent_26028\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                    <h3 class=\"table_title footable_title\">Table 1. Comparison of the Automation1 and the A3200 control systems being tested in this application note.<\/h3>\n                                <div\n                class=\"table_description footable_description\"><\/div>\n                    <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"26028\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Table 1. Comparison of the Automation1 and the A3200 control systems being tested in this application note.\"            id=\"footable_26028\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_516800192_26028\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_26028 ninja_table_unique_id_516800192_26028 ui table  nt_type_legacy_table selectable striped vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_value \">Table 1<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_automation_1_platform \">Automation1 Platform<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_2 ninja_clmn_nm_a_3200_platform \">A3200 Platform<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"36\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_36\">\n            <td>Input Trajectory<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">10x10 degree square pattern with 0.5 deg radius at the corners, commanded at 1000 deg\/s<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"ninja_temp_cell\" data-colspan=\"#colspan#\"><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"37\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_37\">\n            <td>Tests<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Test #1: The motion controller translates the trajectory into servo control points without applying finite impulse response (FIR) filtering.  <br><br> Test #2: The motion controller translates the trajectory into servo control points and concurrently applies a finite impulse response (FIR) filter during this translation. <\/td><td class=\"ninja_temp_cell\" data-colspan=\"#colspan#\"><\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"38\" class=\"ninja_table_row_2 nt_row_id_38\">\n            <td>Motion Controller<\/td><td>Automation1-iSMC Intelligent Software-based Machine Controller<\/td><td>A3200 SMC Software-based Machine Controller<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"39\" class=\"ninja_table_row_3 nt_row_id_39\">\n            <td>Trajectory Rate<\/td><td>100 kHz<\/td><td>48 kHz<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"40\" class=\"ninja_table_row_4 nt_row_id_40\">\n            <td>Motion Bus<\/td><td>Automation1 HyperWire<\/td><td>A3200 FireWire over HyperWire<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"41\" class=\"ninja_table_row_5 nt_row_id_41\">\n            <td>Drive Electronics<\/td><td>Automation1-GL4 with 200kHz servo controller<\/td><td>Automation1-GL4 with 192 kHZ servo controller<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"42\" class=\"ninja_table_row_6 nt_row_id_42\">\n            <td>Trajectory to Servo Interpolation Rate<\/td><td>1:2<\/td><td>1:4<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"43\" class=\"ninja_table_row_7 nt_row_id_43\">\n            <td>Laser Scan Head<\/td><td>AGV20HP<\/td><td>AGV20HP<\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The trajectory is specified in mechanical degrees (mirror rotation) and not optical degrees of the laser beam.<\/li><\/ol><p>As Table 1 shows, the Automation1 motion controller generates trajectory points at more than double the rate of the A3200 controller. This enables the Automation1-GL4 to increase its servo control rate by 4.2% (from 192 kHz to 200 kHz) and decrease the required interpolation rate from 1:4 to 1:2.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/automation1-gl4_1000x1000-resize-ffffff-2.jpg\" alt=\"Automation1-GL4 scan-head drive image\" class=\"wp-image-7190\" width=\"327\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/automation1-gl4_1000x1000-resize-ffffff-2.jpg 654w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/automation1-gl4_1000x1000-resize-ffffff-2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/automation1-gl4_1000x1000-resize-ffffff-2-600x917.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/automation1-gl4_1000x1000-resize-ffffff-2-147x225.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1. Aerotech\u2019s Automation1-GL4 is a high performance two-axis laser scan head drive. As seen in these test results, its performance is even greater when coupled with the Automation1-iSMC motion controller.<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Laser Scan Head Performance Testing<\/strong><\/h2><p>Laser scan heads typically utilize special optics to translate the rotational motion of the mirror to linear motion of a laser spot along a substrate. The tests being performed in this note are simply measuring the position of each motor that drives the separate mirrors. They are not measuring the actual performance of the physical laser process. Instead, these tests assume that increased performance of positioning the motor, as per the encoder feedback, will translate into overall improved system level performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>The first test shows a comparison of performance with the motion controller running the trajectory described above without applying a finite impulse response (FIR) filter during the translation. The second test includes the FIR filter applied by each motion controller. On each controller, the number of FIR filter taps were selected to have a servo loop frequency response roll off similar to higher frequency content.<\/p><div id=\"footable_parent_26038\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                    <h3 class=\"table_title footable_title\">Table 2. Test #1 - No FIR Filtering - position error for the described trajectory as read by the motor encoders.<\/h3>\n                        <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_1\" data-footable_id=\"26038\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Table 2. Test #1 - No FIR Filtering - position error for the described trajectory as read by the motor encoders.\"            id=\"footable_26038\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_1400965396_26038\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_26038 ninja_table_unique_id_1400965396_26038 ui table  nt_type_legacy_table selectable striped vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_4 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                                                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_description \">Description<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_units \">Units<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_2 ninja_clmn_nm_automation_1 \">Automation1<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_3 ninja_clmn_nm_a_3200 \">A3200<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_4 ninja_clmn_nm_automation_1_improvement \">Automation1 Improvement<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"44\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_44\">\n            <td>XY Vector-Axis Position Error, Pk-Pk<\/td><td>mdeg<\/td><td>2.872093<\/td><td>3.483799<\/td><td>17.56%<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"45\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_45\">\n            <td>XY Vector-Axis Position Error, Std. Dev.<\/td><td>mdeg<\/td><td>0.287080<\/td><td>0.653970<\/td><td>56.10%<\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering-1024x248.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering-1024x248.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering-768x186.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering-600x145.png 600w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering-225x54.png 225w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Figure-2.-Test-1-No-FIR-filtering.png 1338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2. Test #1 &#8211; No FIR filtering<\/figcaption><\/figure><div id=\"footable_parent_26046\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                    <h3 class=\"table_title footable_title\">Table 3. Test #2 - FIR Filtering Applied - position error for the described trajectory as read by the motor encoders.<\/h3>\n                        <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_2\" data-footable_id=\"26046\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Table 3. Test #2 - FIR Filtering Applied - position error for the described trajectory as read by the motor encoders.\"            id=\"footable_26046\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_1688485231_26046\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_26046 ninja_table_unique_id_1688485231_26046 ui table  nt_type_legacy_table selectable striped vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_4 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n        <thead>\n<tr class=\"footable-header\">\n                                                                                        <th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_0 ninja_clmn_nm_description \">Description<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_1 ninja_clmn_nm_units \">Units<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_2 ninja_clmn_nm_automation_1 \">Automation1<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_3 ninja_clmn_nm_a_3200 \">A3200<\/th><th scope=\"col\"  class=\"ninja_column_4 ninja_clmn_nm_automation_1_improvement \">Automation1 Improvement<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n\n        <tr data-row_id=\"46\" class=\"ninja_table_row_0 nt_row_id_46\">\n            <td>XY Vector-Axis Position Error, Pk-Pk<\/td><td>mdeg<\/td><td>1.872906<\/td><td>3.300665<\/td><td>43.26%<\/td>        <\/tr>\n            <tr data-row_id=\"47\" class=\"ninja_table_row_1 nt_row_id_47\">\n            <td>XY Vector-Axis Position Error, Std. Dev.<\/td><td>mdeg<\/td><td>0.254938<\/td><td>0.569312<\/td><td>55.22%<\/td>        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody><!--ninja_tobody_rendering_done-->\n    <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR-1024x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR-600x147.png 600w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR-225x55.png 225w, https:\/\/www.aerotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GL4Comparison_FIR.png 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 3. Test #2 &#8211; FIR filtering applied.<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2><p>In summary, the increased trajectory rate, increased servo rate and lowered required interpolation rate of the Automation1 motion control platform for laser scan head systems leads to noticeable improvements in what is often referred to as \u201ctracking\u201d or \u201cfollowing\u201d contoured motion performance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precision laser scanning systems are characterized by their ability 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