Product profile
SOMANET Node
SOMANET Node is Synapticon's compact EtherCAT servo-drive family for embedded robot and machine axes. Node 400, 1000 and 2000 variants share a 70 × 40 × 23...
Facts
- Company
- Synapticon
- Product type
- component
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- Embedded servo-axis control
- Website
- https://www.synapticon.com/en/products/somanet-node
About SOMANET Node
SOMANET Node is Synapticon's modular drive family for placing motion control close to the motor and reducing axis-level wiring to a central cabinet. The 400, 1000 and 2000 sizes share a 70 × 40 × 23 mm housing and 12–48 V nominal supply range. Their maximum peak outputs are 415 W, 1,040 W and 2,080 W respectively; continuous output depends on size and thermal integration, with the Node 2000 rated to 1,200 W continuous.
EtherCAT and CiA 402 support connect the drive to a real-time machine controller, while onboard voltage, current and temperature sensing supports commissioning and protection. Separate Node Safety variants add certified safe motion functions. The module closes motor-control loops for PMSM, synchronous AC and BLDC axes, but complete robot behaviour, functional-safety architecture and thermal performance depend on the surrounding motor, mechanics, control application and installation.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Servo drive module
Core: SOMANET Node
Function: Embedded axis control
Audience: Machine OEMs
Specifications
- communication
- EtherCAT with CiA DS 402
- maximum_current_a
- Up to 66 A RMS peak phase current on Node 2000; continuous RMS maximum 36 A A
- maximum_motor_power_w
- 2 kW at 48 V / 66 Arms W
- maximum_voltage_v
- 60 V
- module_architecture
- Communication, processor and drive modules
- motor_support
- PMSM, synchronous AC and BLDC motors
- safety
- Safety Node option with TÜV-rated STO and SBC up to SIL3 / PLe
- variants
- Node 400, Node 1000 and Node 2000; safety variants add STO/SBC
Operations
- Environment
- robots, industrial machines, distributed motion systems
- Primary user
- robot OEMs, machine builders, motion-control engineers
- Role
- motor-axis control, servo-loop execution
- Interaction model
- EtherCAT host control, drive-local servo loops
- Mobility class
- fixed embedded drive module
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Stabilus and Synapticon partner on humanoid actuator production — 2026-07-29
- Synapticon and Generative Bionics partner on European humanoid drive systems — 2026-06-16
- JNOV TECH integrates Synapticon motion control into compact AGVs — 2025-07-24
- maxon Group acquires minority stake in Synapticon — 2025-07-15
- Synapticon completes financing with Stabilus and ICT Capital — 2023-01-28