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Motor Mind B enhanced Motor Controller Data Sheet Revision 1 April 2005 SOLUTIONS CUBED, LLC 256 East First Street Chico, CA 95928 phone: 530.891.8045 fax: 530.891.1643 www.solutions-cubed.com Copyright © 2005 Solutions Cubed, LLC ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 1.0 Revision Log 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Description 3.0 Electrical – Mechanical – Functional Descriptions 3.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings 3.2 Electrical Characteristics 3.3 Mechanical Dimensions 3.4 Connectivity Overview 3.5 Indicator LEDs 3.6 Differences Between the ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet Figure 1: Mechanical Dimensions Figure 2: Standard Tachometer or Encoder Connection Schematic Figure 3: PC Serial Port Connection Schematic Figure 4: Parallax BASIC Stamp 2 Connection Schematic 1.0 Revision Log Date Rev Description 04-05 ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 2.0 Introduction Motor Mind B enhanced Serial DC Motor Controller FEATURES ! Up to 1.75A continuous current (6A peak), 6-36VDC brush motors ! PWM frequency of 242Hz or 15.5KHz ! TTL serial interface, 2.4KBPS ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 3.0 Electrical - Mechanical – Functional Descriptions 3.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings These are stress ratings only. affect device reliability. The electrical characteristics should be used to determine applicable ranges of operation. Storage Temperature Operating ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 3.3 Mechanical Dimensions The following diagram may be used to develop PCB carrying boards or enclosures used to fit the controller into custom designs. The mounting holes may be used with 2-56 machine screws ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 3.6 Differences Between the MMBe and earlier MMB Area of difference Hardware Changes Physical Protection Peak Current Continuous Current no cooling Motor Voltage TM Pin Firmware Changes 1-wire communication (sharing the TM- FM pins ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 3.8 The PI Filter Speed control mode can be used with an increment or decrement control scheme Proportional Integral (PI) filter may be applied to the error signal. In the standard increment/decrement ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 3.11 Tachometer Measurements Tachometer measurements used by the TACH, SPDCON, and SPDCON_FREQ commands may have an additional GATETIME appended to some commands. The GATETIME is no longer used in the MMBe, but it will ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.0 Communication Protocol 4.1 Overview The MMBe is controlled via a serial data interface. The protocol requires data to be received at TTL levels (0V = logic logic 1), 8 data ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.2 Response to Commands Many of the commands available in the MMBe do not automatically elicit responses. But in motor control applications it is often desirable to have some feedback to ensure that the ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.5 REV Command The REV command will flip the direction the motor is turning. The MMBe will always power up running forward (MOTOR+ = VMOTOR, MOTOR- = GND during the positive duty cycle). REV ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.8 SPDCON Command SPDCON command consists of the sync byte, command byte, and the desired frequency (0 to 65,535) sent as two bytes, after the desired frequency a GATETIME value may be appended to ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet Bit Name 0 MOTDIR 1 FAULTON 2 BRAKEON 3 BAUD9600 4 FREQLOW 5 PIMODE 6 Unused 7 Unused 4.10 COUNT Command The COUNT command is used to run the MMBe at a desired SPEED ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.11 EXIT_COUNT Command This command will cancel a COUNT progress. This might be used in conjunction with a timer to exit a COUNT command in the event of a motor ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.15 READ_COUNTER Command This command allows you to read the raw counter value used with the COUNT command. It may be useful in determining the exact number of pulses received at the TACH_IN pin ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.18 READ_FIRMWARE Command The controller portion of the MMBe is electrically reprogrammable. If Solutions Cubed, LLC becomes aware of bugs in the operating system, and can fix the bugs, we will. Any upgrades to ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 4.22 SPDCON_FREQ Command When in SPDCON mode you can read the current frequency measurement with the SPDCON_FREQ command. This command differs from the TACH command in two ways. command does not cause SPDCON to ...
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Motor Mind B enhanced Data Sheet 5.0 Disclaimer / Warrantee Disclaimer of Liability and Accuracy: Information provided by Solutions Cubed is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Solutions Cubed assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. Solutions Cubed assumes ...