User Manual
Edition March 2014
maxon EC motor EC 20 flat with integrated electronics
Document ID: 903155en
Operating Manual
maxon motor ag Brünigstrasse 220 P.O.Box 263 CH-6072 Sachseln Phone +41 41 666 15 00 Fax +41 41 666 16 50 www.maxonmotor.com
The EC 20 flat with integrated electronics is a brushless, speed-controlled
1-quadrant drive. It is available as 2 watt or 5 watt version and in 2-wire or
5-wire variants as follows:
Functions
• Commutation with Hall sensors
• Digital speed control
• Speed range: 200…7’000 rpm (depending on variant)
• Current limitation, non-adjustable
• Overvoltage and undervoltage switch-off
• Overvoltage protection
• Blockage protection, temperature monitoring
• Inverse polarity protection
2-wire variant
• Speed proportional to supply voltage
5-wire variant
• Set value speed through analog signal 0…10 V
• 2-wire operation possible
• Versions:
– «Enable» TTL level-compatible
– Direction preselection «CW/CCW» TTL level-compatible
• Speed monitor delivers speed-proportional frequency signal
Contents
READ THIS FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
1 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
3 Minimal Wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
4 Functional Description of 2-Wire Variant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
5 Functional description of 5-Wire Variant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
6 Protective Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
7 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Order number
Variant
Nominal
speed
[rpm]
Output
[W]
IP 40 IP 00
350795 350776 2-wire 3000 2
350796 350778 2-wire 6000 2
350794 349694 5-wire «Enable» 6000 2
370413 370412 5-wire «CW/CCW» 6000 2
350834 350804 2-wire 3000 5
350835 350805 2-wire 6000 5
350806 349731 5-wire «Enable» 6000 5
370416 370415 5-wire «CW/CCW» 6000 5










