Jon Freeman
Dual Brushless Motor ESC, 10-62V, up to 50A per motor. Motors ganged or independent, multiple control input methods, cycle-by-cycle current limit, speed mode and torque mode control. Motors tiny to kW. Speed limit and other parameters easily set in firmware. As used in 'The Brushless Brutalist' locomotive - www.jons-workshop.com. See also Model Engineer magazine June-October 2019.
Dependencies: mbed BufferedSerial Servo PCT2075 FastPWM
Update 17th August 2020 Radio control inputs completed
History
August 2020. Checked Radio Control input ops.
2020-08-16, by JonFreeman [Sun, 16 Aug 2020 14:13:19 +0000] rev 17
August 2020. Checked Radio Control input ops.
About to tidy i2c stuff
2020-06-09, by JonFreeman [Tue, 09 Jun 2020 09:20:19 +0000] rev 16
About to tidy i2c stuff
Software now reads 2 RC inputs, copies to servo outs. About to update mbed library
2019-11-30, by JonFreeman [Sat, 30 Nov 2019 18:40:30 +0000] rev 15
Software now reads 2 RC inputs, copies to servo outs. About to update mbed library
Proved inverter board for radio control inputs work.
2019-11-30, by JonFreeman [Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:34:58 +0000] rev 14
Proved inverter board for radio control inputs work.
Stable code as at end of 2019 running season
2019-09-29, by JonFreeman [Sun, 29 Sep 2019 16:34:37 +0000] rev 13
Stable code as at end of 2019 running season
STM3 ESC dual motor controller boards. Always 'Work In Progress', working snapshot March 2019
2019-03-04, by JonFreeman [Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:51:08 +0000] rev 12
STM3 ESC dual motor controller boards. Always 'Work In Progress', working snapshot March 2019
Tidied class parameter passing, serial problem fixed (was hardware)
2019-01-19, by JonFreeman [Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:45:01 +0000] rev 11
Tidied class parameter passing, serial problem fixed (was hardware)
Buggered serial comms to TS controller
2019-01-15, by JonFreeman [Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:03:57 +0000] rev 10
Buggered serial comms to TS controller
About to work on hand control state machine to remove need of power cycle for direction change
2018-11-10, by JonFreeman [Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:08:21 +0000] rev 9
About to work on hand control state machine to remove need of power cycle for direction change
Work underway to drive brushed motors.; Code as supplied to Rob
2018-08-18, by JonFreeman [Sat, 18 Aug 2018 12:51:35 +0000] rev 8
Work underway to drive brushed motors.; Code as supplied to Rob