Spacemouse modules
3D joystick now also with CANopen
The Spacemouse Module from Megatron enables complex 3D movements with just one hand. The 3D joystick has been available with USB and serial interfaces for several years. Now the company is launching a version with a CANopen interface.
The 3D joystick Spacemouse Module was specially developed for human-machine interaction in industrial environments and enables intuitive control of complex motion sequences. The patented optoelectronic sensor measures user input in all three spatial directions - both for straight-line displacements of the knob and for its rotation around all three spatial axes. In this way, a 3D movement of the joystick is transferred directly to the object to be moved. This makes the Spacemouse Module ideal for controlling cameras and microscopes, X/Y/Z precision and special machines as well as robotics applications. The joystick is ideal for all applications in which 3D movements have to be controlled manually.
The Spacemouse module is now also available with a CANopen interface. CANopen is widely used in many areas of automation technology, plant engineering and mobile machines. Various modes for intelligent signal transmission are available for this protocol. In event-controlled operating mode, the input values of the joystick are only transmitted via the bus when an internal event occurs - for example, when the knob position is changed.
In asynchronous mode, data is transmitted after an internal timer has expired. In synchronous operating mode, measured values are transmitted regularly to other bus devices as part of an externally sent SYNC command. The customer can also choose between 8-bit and 16-bit resolutions for the transmission of data packets. DIP switches are located on the underside of the joystick for convenient selection of these and other operating parameters such as baud rate and node ID. The parameters can also be configured via the bus.
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