Hello Element 14 readers. It is an honor to be back doing another Road Test review. Thank you to Randall and the folks at NXP for letting me be a part of this.
I apologize for not getting this unboxing post up sooner. I always forget how crazy things get around Easter. I have been running around fixing washing machines and preparing to do a CCTV installation and have an exciting new sensor project I am working on in my spare time. Needless to say I have a full plate. But not too full to explore this motor control kit from NXP. So there is nothing to do but just do it, even if I am writing this on a Saturday.
Anyway, I had to do a couple of shoots for this unboxing as I went ahead and used an old school Kodak Easy Share camera for the pictures. A couple of them were out of focus so I had to re shoot them. Also, my bench magnifier will take stills, so I learned how to do that. I am more of a tech than a photographer so please bear with me. I hope I came up with some informative and pleasing shots.
My bench magnifier.
The packaging isn’t flashy on the outside, but the motor and controller were packed well. I like the layout of the foam. It is easy to take this equipment in and out of the box therefore the box can be reused for storage. This is a plus because this seems like something that can get put on the self and then revisited to perform baseline measurements and such.
According to the packing list there was the main board, a male to amle USB A cable, a 12V 7A power supply, and the motor. Everything came as promised and was in perfect order. I was really impressed with the 7A power supply. This should be enough to test any small or midsized BLDC motor with this kit.
The board is nice and compact measuring 5cm X 9cm.
The motor feels beefy. I couldn’t find a scale around the office. It seems everyone uses specialized scales that print out the postage so none of them were general use. Maybe I need to invest in a basic scale, I don’t know.
Here are a few shots taken with my bench magnifier. Click the thumb to see the full sized image:
The documentation is online at https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/evaluation-and-development-boards/automotive-motor-control-development-solutions/magniv-and-s12-solutions/s12zvm-mini-board-and-mini-kit-evaluation-platforms:S12ZVML-MINIXXX. I have looked through it and it looks thorough. I will know how accurate it is as I start to perform some actual tests on this kit.
I am excited to get started making this motor spin!!!
So that is about it for this week. I will be back with a post next week to let you al know my progress at building a jig to put some dynamo resistance on this motor….
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