Build, Buy, or Blend? How to Approach a New Motion Control ProjectBuild, Buy, or Blend? How to Approach a New Motion Control Project

This paper looks at options for building vs. buying a three axis PCB-based positioning motion controller. It examines the design effort, types of resources needed, and per-unit cost for each approach. It also looks at a hybrid “blend" option that offers a best of both worlds approach using off-the-shelf modules to reduce the engineering needed to create a fully custom motion controller.