Servo Motor Terminology FAQ: What’s the difference between an industrial servo motor and a hobbyist-quality servo motor?
Nippon Pulse engineers are regularly approached by hobbyists and educators looking for servo motors. But there is a big difference between what these novice engineers are usually seeking — two-lead dc motors — and precision industrial servo motors run off ac power with an encoder for feedback. We look at the terminology for both market segments and make sense of servos.