Roboteq controllers basics

Amps limit and Amps trigger function
Motor current  The controller is constantly monitoring and reporting the motor's current, by using its integrated current sensors. This current can ...
Tue, 28 Nov, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Motor amps and battery amps
One observation that usually creates questions, is the fact that during mtor's operation, the motor current can be found to be higher than the battery c...
Fri, 21 Oct, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Field Oriented Control
Park-Clarke Transform    With Park-Clarke transform, the three phase alternating current can be transformed into a two axis, time-invariant current. Wh...
Tue, 26 Jul, 2022 at 4:57 PM
Regenerative voltage and current
Electric motors when forced to run develop a voltage that is proportional to their speed. For DC motors, the regenerative voltage is equal to the motor spee...
Tue, 28 Nov, 2023 at 3:11 PM
How to safely turn off the controller and move an AGV
One question that usually arises when an AGV is intended to be manually moved for a distance is how to safely turn it off and what will be the impact of the...
Mon, 3 Oct, 2022 at 2:36 PM
CAN Open operation
CAN bus can be used to transmit high speed data over various nodes connected on the same bus. The two main data types of CAN open that can be used ...
Tue, 11 Oct, 2022 at 10:28 AM
Protecting the system from shorts
The controller has the below methods to detect shorts happenng in the power stage (between the motor phases or in H-bridge MOSFETs): Short circuit erro...
Fri, 21 Oct, 2022 at 10:45 AM
Sinusoidal operation with and without FOC gains
In the Sinusoidal operation of the controller there are two set of FOC gains that must be set. The Flux FOC and Torque FOC gains. These are the gai...
Mon, 24 Oct, 2022 at 8:03 PM
Cascaded control operation
Roboteq controllers using firmware 2.1 or later support cascaded control operation. According to that structure, one or more control loops can work cascaded...
Tue, 1 Nov, 2022 at 4:05 PM
STO vs Soft Emergency stop vs Main contactor
Below are analyzed 3 methids to trigger emergency stop to the controller, the way that are being implemented and their pros and cons.  STO The STO w...
Mon, 12 Dec, 2022 at 5:55 PM