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Electrical System Specification

Austin Shirley edited this page Sep 28, 2015 · 2 revisions

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The electrical system is core to rover operation (durr)! Below is design information about all the core electrical modules.

Drive System

Core

  • Control 6 BLDC Motors with Hall Feedback
  • Bidirectional
  • Heat management system
  • Accept communications from CPU and other modules

Additional Features

  • Traction control
  • Stall recognition
  • Positional feedback
  • Freewheel motors
  • Smarter skid steering
  • Power monitoring
  • Control Profiles

Arm System

Core

  • Fits all mechanical requirements for motors and actuators
  • Extensible (spare control ports)
  • Absolute position and calibration
  • Limit system
  • Data feedback
  • Accepts control from CPU and other modules

Additional Features

  • Electromagnet/solenoid drivers
  • Pathing software
  • Gripper-target position feedback
  • Camera view coordinate translation
  • 3D Model for representing feedback
  • Manual modes (Limits/No Limits)

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