Robotics and Manufacturing Automation

Robotics and Manufacturing Automation

Developing a factory automation system is a complex challenge often balancing high voltage, power density and harsh ESD requirements while demanding high speed, accuracy, safety and system longevity.

Allegro’s fully integrated sensing and drive solutions allow you to get it right - the first time. From PCB layouts and evaluation kits to reference designs and programming tools, we can help streamline your design cycle and improve your time to market. Our roots in industrial and automotive markets have led to magnetic sensors, lighting and drive products that thrive in such demanding applications. With robust ESD, diagnostics, low jitter and high working voltages, our product lines are developed with reliability and lifetime performance at their core.

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Factory Transportation Robotics/Cobots Automated Doors/Conveyers Applications

Factory Transportation

Automotive grade product lines for reliable sensing of, but not limited to, lifts, gearboxes, shifters, levers and motors.

Magnetic Position Sensors

Position Sensors

Motor position angle sensor with on-chip linearization provides high accuracy absolute position and ABI/UVW signals from a single chip solution.

Hall-effect latch with highest ESD robustness and precision switch points specified over full 3~24V supply voltage and temperature range.

Hall-effect switch with highest ESD robustness and precision switch points specified over full 3~24V supply voltage and temperature range.

Robust, high accuracy 1D linear hall-effect sensor with analog output.

Current Sensor

Current Sensor

Module-alternative current sensor with up to 400A range and 1300+ working voltage.

100A+, 250 kHz, 500Vdc working voltage in compact surface mount package.

Motor Drivers

Motor Drivers

3 independant current sense amplifiers for simple FOC control.

Can be paired with in-phase current sensors for high current systems.

Speed Sensors

Speed Sensors

Current interface, integrated solution includes IC and EMC protection for ferrous target or magnetic encoder speed and direction detection.

Current interface, fully integrated solution includes magnet, IC, and EMC protection for ferrous target speed and direction detection.

Voltage interface, fully integrated solution includes magnet, IC, and EMC protection for ferrous target speed measurement.

Robotics/Cobots

Leading technology for improved system intelligence, accuracy, and size.

Magnetic Position Sensors

Position Sensors

Highly configurable 3D Hall-effect linear sensor with I2C interface and advanced power management features.

Highly configurable 3D Hall-effect linear sensor with I2C interface and advanced power management features.

Configurable analog/PWM on-axis angle sensor with short stroke capability enabling full scale output with <360° rotation.

Robust, high accuracy 1D linear hall-effect sensor with analog output.

Current Sensor

Current Sensor

Shunt alternative. Cost Effective. Compact Hall-based current sensor.

100A+, 250 kHz, 500Vdc working voltage in compact surface mount package.

1 MHz, Differential Output, 1.2 mΩ primary path.

Motor Drivers

Motor Drivers

H-Bridge gate driver can drive loads up to 400 W.

Integrated LDO for sensors or microprocessor.

Speed Sensors

Speed Sensors

Accurate edge detection for reliable speed measurement over large air gaps.

Accurate edge detection for reliable speed and direction measurement over large air gaps.

Single IC offers Speed and/or direction detection in a miniature EMC protected package for ferrous target or magnetic encoder sensing.

Automated Doors/Conveyers

Comprehensive product portfolio to improve safety, reliability, and throughput.

Magnetic Position Sensors

Position Sensors

True 2D latch (XY, YZ, or XZ) provides speed & direction or AB encoding signals from a single IC enabling flexible system integration and more compact solution over traditional two latch designs.

Hall-effect latch with highest ESD robustness and precision switch points specified over full 3~24V supply voltage and temperature range.

Hall-effect switch with highest ESD robustness and precision switch points specified over full 3~24V supply voltage and temperature range.

Current Sensor

Current Sensor

Shunt alternative. Cost Effective. Hall-based current sensor in compact 400V+ SOIC8 package.

0.6% differential hall sensor with dual overcurrent detection in space efficient 800V+ SOIC16 package.

1 MHz, 2.5% Differential Hall Sensor with < 1 µs Overcurrent detection in space efficient 1500V+ SOIC16 package.

Motor Drivers

Motor Drivers

Low voltage DC or Stepper Driver for battery powered equipment.

High current microstepping motor drive provides low vibration and torque ripple.

High Current DC motor driver in small package with few external components.

Speed Sensors

Speed Sensors

Voltage interface, fully integrated solution includes magnet, IC, and EMC protection for ferrous target speed measurement.

Single IC offers Speed and/or direction detection in a miniature EMC protected package for ferrous target or magnetic encoder sensing.

Current interface, fully integrated solution includes magnet, IC, and EMC protection for ferrous target speed and direction detection.

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Current Sensors

Current Sensors

  • Easy path to isolated current monitoring for protection and control
  • High power density/ampacity for high voltage/space constrained designs

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Magnetic Position Sensing

Magnetic Position Sensing

  • Broad portfolio of switch, latch, linear and angle sensors to address a wide range of contactless position sensing applications
  • Industry leading ESD performance and automotive grade design ensures robust and reliable position measurement

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Magnetic Speed Sensors

Magnetic Speed Sensors

  • Comprehensive portfolio with current or voltage interface and speed and direction protocols providing solutions for a broad range of speed sensing applications
  • Dynamic compensation for system-level variation (i.e. target runout, vibration, thermal gradients) reducing design-in complexity and costs

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Intelligent Motor Drives

Intelligent Motor Drives

  • Completely integrated control algorithms simplify motion control by reducing processing overhead and customer resource
  • High power MOSFET controllers for loads up to 5 kW with 80 V supply for high power motors and actuators

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