Portable Electric Motor Test Bench
A test bench is an assembly or system designed to test the functionality and performance of a motor or motor controller under various conditions. It simulates
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Building Your E-Bike: Technology, Design, and Impressions
A complete guide to e-bikes, covering sustainability, design, and the technical aspects of building and riding an electric bike.
Exploring Degrees of Freedom (DOF) in Motion Simulators
This article explores key concepts like Degrees of Freedom (DOF) and their applications, highlighting implementation, advantages, and limitations.
Sensorless Control of Brushless or Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors in Wide Speed Range
Sensorless control eliminates the need for shaft sensors, reducing cost and improving reliability, here a description of possibility given with this tech
Field Weakening: How to Surpass the Limits of Your Motor
Learn how field weakening lets electric motors run above rated speed by weakening the magnetic field: theory, implementation, advantages, limits and examples.
How to Tune a PID Controller for Your Motor Controller
A practical guide to PID tuning for motor control: PID gains, transient response, step-by-step tuning, common problems and FOC considerations for SOLO users.
Electric Motor Test Bench: How to Test an Electric Motor
How we designed a portable electric motor test bench: key test parameters, T-slot mounting plate, electrical connectivity, control, and the test procedure.
SOLO Embedded Motion Profile Engine
The Embedded Motion Profile Generation Engine that allows its users to simply create smooth and low jerk Position or Speed trajectories
How to Connect and Calibrate Incremental Encoders with SOLO
Connect and calibrate a quadrature incremental encoder with SOLO for torque, speed and position control, on 3-phase BLDC, PMSM and ACIM or brushed DC motors.
How to Connect Hall Sensors to SOLO to Control the Speed or Torque of a Brushless Motor
In this article the goal is to set up and calibrate properly the Hall sensors for controlling Speed or Torque of your 3-phase motors.
Simple Speed Control of an AC Induction Motor in Analog and Digital Modes Using SOLO (FOC)
Control the speed of an AC induction motor (ACIM) with SOLO using FOC, in both analog mode with potentiometers and digital mode with the Motion Terminal.
How to Control the Speed of a 3-Phase Motor Manually with SOLO in Open-Loop Mode
Drive a BLDC, PMSM or AC induction motor in open-loop mode with SOLO standalone: two potentiometers and a switch set speed and direction, no extra modules.
