Now controlled over CAN and USB, using a gui based on the espresso machine software
The the USB communication plus Python GUI gives me nice live-plots and logs. Here's a plot of the fast position steps:
Now controlled over CAN and USB, using a gui based on the espresso machine software
Huh. PSU showed up to 4.8xA for “unloaded" movement. What kind of power do you think you'll need, instantaneous and/or continuous?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call it "unloaded", most of the energy goes into the rotor at the beginning of the stroke.
ReplyDeleteThe transmission ratio was optimized around a ~1kw motor output power constraint. The duty cycle will be very low though.
Yooooooo. This is starting to look very interesting!
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