Project Element E
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Project Element E is an attempt to service and repair my Form Element Bike and convert it to an EBike using the M5 as the GUI front end.
The Driver board I have designed can be used to drive both Brushed and brushless motors. -
The Prototype modular duel motor controller,
The idea was to use Opto isolators to separate the controller from the mosfet drivers.
The diagram is currently set as a 3 stage "Brused" motor however, by shorting the 2 pins of J1, J2, and J3 together you can use the same hardware to drive a "Brushless" motor.
Not shown are the 3x10amp fuses that should be between the mosfets and the 36v power rail.
I'm doing this way because the old driver used 1 unfused mosfet and constantly burns out FQA160N08 mostfets!
I have a feeling that the motor may be on its way out but the old speed controller was failing and didn't react to the brake cutout signal. -
@ajb2k3 在 Project Element E 中说：
The Prototype modular duel motor controller,
The idea was to use Opto isolators to separate the controller from the mosfet drivers.
The diagram is currently set as a 3 stage "Brused" motor however, by shorting the 2 pins of J1, J2, and J3 together you can use the same hardware to drive a "Brushless" motor.
Not shown are the 3x10amp fuses that should be between the mosfets and the 36v power rail.
I'm doing this way because the old driver used 1 unfused mosfet and constantly burns out FQA160N08 mostfets!
I have a feeling that the motor may be on its way out but the old speed controller was failing and didn't react to the brake cutout signal.Driving brushed or brushless motors with high loads is not that easy...
First of all: the fuse is useless on transistors. The transistors will blow up way faster then the fuse can react.
Second: for high load applications, like an e-bike, you need to consider some kind of current control for the motors (brushed or brushless) so you can achieve about the same speed, no matter the load.Consider using some hobby helicopter or boat ESC controllers for driving the motors.
They are reliable, mature products with lots of motor driving related features builtin (soft start, constant RPM control, braking, etc...) and they can provide 5V power supply for ESP32.
They are easy to control using simple PWM signals and they have builtin protections.Here are some examples:
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I'v been playing with this kind of controllers about 10 years ago and i can assure you there is some serious research work behind them...
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Brushless drivers are ok for the Brushless motors but the same board needs to replace a burned out driver in an old bike.
The old bike has a 200W motor run at 36v for a total of 5.55555) amps and the FQA160's are rated at 160amps.
The old driver had the fuse on the battery only which served no use and killed the driver. By adding "Drive" fuses, I hope to protect the electronics from the failing motor.
However, I must say that those ESC's do look sweet.
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@ajb2k3 在 Project Element E 中说：
Brushless drivers are ok for the Brushless motors but the same board needs to replace a burned out driver in an old bike.
The old bike has a 200W motor run at 36v for a total of 5.55555) amps and the FQA160's are rated at 160amps.
However, I must say that those ESC's do look sweet.
In this case, consider something like this:
Is way cheaper.
