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Old 11-12-2009, 01:08 AM   #44 (permalink)
MPaulHolmes
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Michael's Electric Beetle - '71 Superbeetle 500000
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The encoder came today! ya! That goes over the motor shaft (motor not here yet). It has 512 pulses per revolution. That's used to know basically the rotor position. You need rotor position and the measurement of the current on 2 of the 3 phases to make field oriented control work.

My new fancy encoder.

If I can get sensorless field oriented control working later, I can do away with that part.
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