AASD15 Alternative - Thanos

If you need ABZ encoder output check Lichuan drives. Slightly more expensive than the P100S but offers all the bells and whistles.

Now that I have been introduced to a new concept it’s all good. Reviewed the capabilities of a Teensy and it seems it has all the capabilities required to do four axis if not six using the pulse system.

Although I have ABZ linear encoder on my drill table I am not sold on the idea because it is such a CPU hog.

Thanks for your help I am set to go.

I'm building a 3DOF system with these now.

So I bought one of these:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004837245384.html

mostly because it has a “manual”. It also has accessible quadrature encoder outputs which I think will be useful for debugging/verifying software.

This product features 5V differential inputs for pulse and direction. Do you provide a true differential signal, or is it simulated using standard 5V TTL?

EDIT: I can get this to work just using 5V and GND for the differential inputs.

Hi, I find this topic very interesting.

I am in the process of designing a movement system with 4 sfx 100 actuators.

The issue of servo-engines is for me the greatest impediment to continue with my project.

I’ve been looking for a reliable alternative to AASDs a long time, reading a lot about DIY projects from other users and in the specifications of their projects, in the Amc-aasd-15a thread of Thanos, even asking AI, which I think wants to trick me into saying that the 60ast servos with T3d-15A driver are compatible with thanos (maybe they are)

The problem is that I have no knowledge on this subject.

After reading to @Aerosmith, and seeing that P100S drivers could be compatible, I could fix my problem. But I have doubts, it will be that once you have bought them you will not be able to configure them correctly.

My question is, are there more alternatives to the servo 80st and AASD-15A driver combination?


I mean alternatives type:

- Servo 80 AST motor with T3d-15A driver

- Servo motor 80 CST...


Thank you in advance and to @Aerosmith for your contribution of the P100S.

Have a look on Motion4Sim m4s Controller. He supports Canbus Driver and Motors. But you will not safe any money.

I’m very happy with my inexpensive HLTNC T3D motor kits — less than $200 for a 750 W setup. I’m a DIY guy and don’t own a Thanos controller.

All AC servos that support position mode use Pulse/Direction inputs plus an Enable signal. Most (if not all) industrial AC servo drives expose these signals. You also need to supply 5 V and GND to power the opto‑isolated inputs on the drive. That’s standard for almost any industrial AC servo system.

My understanding is that the Thanos controller use Pulse, Direction, and Enable. It uses four (or six) DB‑25 connectors. For some servo drives, this makes wiring extremely easy — you can plug straight in with a DB‑25 cable.

The challenge is that not all servo drives expose their control signals in the same way. My HLTNC T3D servos use a 44‑pin control connector, while other drives may use a 25‑pin connector but with different pin assignments. So if you want true plug‑and‑play, you need a servo drive whose DB‑25 pinout matches the Thanos controller.

If you want to save money, you can absolutely use drives like the T3D — you just need a little custom wiring to map the Pulse, Direction, Enable, and power pins correctly.