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  • Author Author: dougw
  • Date Created: 27 May 2016 5:54 AM Date Created
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Make Life Accessible - Initial Motor Test - blog 7

dougw
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27 May 2016

It took me about 33 hours to get the motor running, mostly because I had installed the latest version of Kinetis Design Studio (3.2) but it appears that Kinetis Motor Suite doesn't work with the latest KDS and it wasn't until I tried the older KDS3.0 that things started to work. Here is a short video to show that the Kinetis Motor Suite does work if the right KDS is installed:

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I will have to experiment with the Kinetis Motor Suite to see how it can be used to program the motor for my application. There is still a lot I don't understand about the Kinetis system.

I have also procured most of the chassis materials for my system stand, but it is going to be built from raw materials, so there will be quite a lot of metal bashing and woodworking to do.

Then I need to start getting a Bluetooth interface setup to control the system remotely.

 

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The full set of Clear Walk project blogs can be found here:

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  • DAB
    DAB over 9 years ago +1
    Great post Douglas. Are you going to put various loads on the motor to see it operating with various current demand? DAB
  • dougw
    dougw over 9 years ago in reply to DAB

    I will need to try several things to get a feel for system performance. It already looks like I may need to connect the Hall effect sensors in the motor to get better low speed control. In this configuration the speed is only controllable down to about 200 RPM. And I need to sort out reversing the motor.

    I don't intend to load the motor heavily as it will be geared down and it has more power than I need and I am running off a solar charged battery, but certainly will test to some level beyond what I need.

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago

    Doug, this post include a big time-saving tip together with a nice presentation of the entire project progress.

     

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    DAB over 9 years ago

    Great post Douglas.

     

    Are you going to put various loads on the motor to see it operating with various current demand?

     

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