Motor control companies are scared people will use this “weird” device to slash their motor controller costs! See shocking video before they shut it down!
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Motor control companies are scared people will use this “weird” device to slash their motor controller costs! See shocking video before they shut it down!
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That JOKE aside I literally laughed out loud.
What a bitter disappointment! Watched the entire video (still there, the motor control lobby hasn’t gotten it pulled yet) and noone got shocked! I totally expected that from a shocking video.
What type of a motor was it, anyway? Well, I don’t know about shocking but I was also watching for a moment when the motor would have rolled away from you, but that didn’t happen either. Glad noone got hurt in making of that video :)
Was that 5~6Hz on the serial monitor you showed? So, 5Hz commutation and about 50RPMs, did I get that right? My brains are fried after a long week – which cogs/poles combo gives that result?
Cheers!
It’s actually a giant Sepex DC motor. The number being read out is rotor current, being controlled by the Arduino and a little half-bridge with a current sensor.
Basically it’s a current/torque control demonstration using a ridiculous control plant. The current sensor is used as part of a simple closed loop controller to regulate the rotor current. Basically if the current control wasn’t there the whole board would nuke instantly.
I see, so it’s a brushed DC motor. I am curious how accurate the control ended up being – were you able to control RPM tightly (or with any accuracy to speak of anyhow). I realize it would be difficult to do on a free-wheeling motor, but it would be illuminating to know how accurate can current-to-RPM closed loop control be?
Cheers!