Hi Steve,

All PMC-Eight control systems for the G11, EXOS 2, and iEXOS 100 mounts require a nominal 12 Vdc.  The 12 volts is further regulated internally using 10, 5, and 3.3 Vdc LDO regulators rated for 25 Vdc (15 Vdc for the iEXOS 100). The lower limit for the motor operation is the 10 Vdc LDO regulator which requires 12 Vdc at 1 Adc, the dropout is probably less than 2 Vdc at less than 1 Adc, so you may be able to track ( around 0.4 Adc) at 11 Vdc, but the regulator would probably balk if you tried to slew which draws more current. So I would have to say that you shouldn't really operate at less than 12 Vdc. 14 Vdc would probably be optimal.


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