I think I understand correctly. The first CYCLE is a square cycle then after that the controller starts its RPM tracking so it can gradually change from Square waves to sine waves... Right?Lebowski wrote:The controller IC basically runs a PLL, which in practise does what you say:"able internally to generate a sinusoidal frequency that is synchronized with the pulses from the Halls".
The PLL is basically a filter for the hall info. It smoothes out the hall steps. Looking at the in and output signals it performs this interpolation you mention.
If you look at the phase info, at extremely low speed you will see a staircase with 6 steps (as the motor slowly rotates and triggers new hall combos). As the speed goes
up the steps will more and more become a smooth ramp.
The controller IC does not (ever) drive the motor with a squarewave. Lets say the hall steps are at 20, 80, etc (each time plus 60) degrees.
When the hall combo says 20 degrees, phase A is driven with Amplitude*sin(20), phase B with Amplitude*sin(140), phase C with Amplitude*sin(260). So a 120 degree
shift for each phase. Since in this example sin(20) is 0.34, phase A is driven with 34% of Amplitude. At extremely slow speed the output signals will go in 6 steps through a
sine wave. And it always drives all 3 phases, not like a China controller where only 2 out of 3 are driven.
Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v2.A1
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
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Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Ehm, it is as I explained....
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Arlo, it's not just the first cycle, the controller issues a 6-step sequence until the RPMs have risen enough so it can generate the proper sinewave current shape. The transfer is done progressively.
Bas, about my question of yesterday, on the way to calculate the commutation frequency, I think I was wrong. After some reflection while I was sleeping, I came to the conclusion that the frequency is much higher than what I initially thought, because of the "electronic gearing". But I haven't been able to figure out the formula yet.
I have this nice program that shows you the winding scheme for any combination of number of slots and poles, and it also gives the number of "cogging steps" per rev of the motor. I believe that the cogging steps are the same thing as the number of cycles necessary to make the motor rotate one revolution. (But is that number for one phase only, or the total for the 3 phases?)
So it might be that the correct formula for the commutation frequency is:
# cogging steps X motor RPM , divided by 60
A search on the web didn't produce any conclusive answer on this.
Bas, about my question of yesterday, on the way to calculate the commutation frequency, I think I was wrong. After some reflection while I was sleeping, I came to the conclusion that the frequency is much higher than what I initially thought, because of the "electronic gearing". But I haven't been able to figure out the formula yet.

I have this nice program that shows you the winding scheme for any combination of number of slots and poles, and it also gives the number of "cogging steps" per rev of the motor. I believe that the cogging steps are the same thing as the number of cycles necessary to make the motor rotate one revolution. (But is that number for one phase only, or the total for the 3 phases?)
So it might be that the correct formula for the commutation frequency is:
# cogging steps X motor RPM , divided by 60
A search on the web didn't produce any conclusive answer on this.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
But in lebowskis explanation he said it is NOT EVER A SQUARE WAVE. I think the first cycle has to be a square wave because the controller needs soem rpm info to know approximately what part of the cycle its in to start the sine wave current controlAltair wrote:Arlo, it's not just the first cycle, the controller issues a 6-step sequence until the RPMs have risen enough so it can generate the proper sinewave current shape. The transfer is done progressively.
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
I think it has no choice but to start by giving some steady (DC) voltage to the phase whose Hall is presently triggered.
Then it is waiting for the next Hall sensor to give its signal, which will trigger the powering of the next phase.
From then on, the controller will issue phase voltages according to the state of the Halls, but until there have been quite a few regularly spaced pulses coming from the Halls, and the PLL has been able to synchronize itself, the output will be the 6-step sequence as in a squarewave drive.
But during this sequence, the controller is probably able to determine more exactly where the rotor is by checking all the 3 Halls and determining the instant when a particular phase is at a point sufficiently advanced in its cycle to be able to accept full phase current.
But anyway, this doesn't last much, the PLL will soon take over and the current in the phase will follow a sine shape.
BTW, squarewave is not a good name for this, as the waveform is a series of :
Positive voltage
Dwell time
Negative voltage
Dwell time
and repeat.
Then it is waiting for the next Hall sensor to give its signal, which will trigger the powering of the next phase.
From then on, the controller will issue phase voltages according to the state of the Halls, but until there have been quite a few regularly spaced pulses coming from the Halls, and the PLL has been able to synchronize itself, the output will be the 6-step sequence as in a squarewave drive.
But during this sequence, the controller is probably able to determine more exactly where the rotor is by checking all the 3 Halls and determining the instant when a particular phase is at a point sufficiently advanced in its cycle to be able to accept full phase current.
But anyway, this doesn't last much, the PLL will soon take over and the current in the phase will follow a sine shape.
BTW, squarewave is not a good name for this, as the waveform is a series of :
Positive voltage
Dwell time
Negative voltage
Dwell time
and repeat.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
not even the first cycles is a square wave.
In sensorless all hints of steps in the phase are gone, phase is linearly increasing.
this picture shows the phase information in hall running mode for very low motor speed. On the y-axis is the phase (-180 to +180 degrees), there are 6 steps per cycles corresponding to the 6 indications from the halls. The controller output will be the sine of the phase, so not a square wave but it will go through a sine in 6 steps. On the x-axis is time, 3500 steps per second.
if you lower the pll frequency in the controller it will start smoothing out the 6 steps at lower rpm than for high pll frequency (but disadvantage: delay so phase error)
same low pll frequency but with higher motor speed (still in hall mode): the phase increase is almost perfectly linear increasing, the output of the controller will by this time look like a perfect sine.In sensorless all hints of steps in the phase are gone, phase is linearly increasing.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
There is probably a relation with cogging, but not a direct one.Altair wrote:Arlo, it's not just the first cycle, the controller issues a 6-step sequence until the RPMs have risen enough so it can generate the proper sinewave current shape. The transfer is done progressively.
Bas, about my question of yesterday, on the way to calculate the commutation frequency, I think I was wrong. After some reflection while I was sleeping, I came to the conclusion that the frequency is much higher than what I initially thought, because of the "electronic gearing". But I haven't been able to figure out the formula yet.![]()
I have this nice program that shows you the winding scheme for any combination of number of slots and poles, and it also gives the number of "cogging steps" per rev of the motor. I believe that the cogging steps are the same thing as the number of cycles necessary to make the motor rotate one revolution. (But is that number for one phase only, or the total for the 3 phases?)
So it might be that the correct formula for the commutation frequency is:
# cogging steps X motor RPM , divided by 60
A search on the web didn't produce any conclusive answer on this.
If you alternate the magnetic field from positive to negative and back to positive you will get 1 sinewave of backemf voltage. For most motors for the field to change like this the rotor needs to move by 2 magnets (from Northpole to Southpole back to Northpole). Then for one rotation you will get the number of magnets divided by 2 amount of sinewaves.... Some motors have 2 northpoles, then 2 southpoles etc, then you need to divide by 4 magents, etc etc.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
OK now I understand what you meant when you mentionned the staircase.
Then from that ramp, you can determine the corresponding position in the sine. Wow.
This is an impressive controller you have there.
All my respects.
Then from that ramp, you can determine the corresponding position in the sine. Wow.
This is an impressive controller you have there.
All my respects.
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Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Maybe counter-intuitive, but cogging has no electro-magnetic or drive significance. Exclusively means how it feels to turn unpowered, and can be designed out to sub 1% through balancing the teeth head/ and static rotor magnet fields to always be symmetrically attracting and repelling in balance through-out rotation.Lebowski wrote:There is probably a relation with cogging, but not a direct one.Altair wrote:Arlo, it's not just the first cycle, the controller issues a 6-step sequence until the RPMs have risen enough so it can generate the proper sinewave current shape. The transfer is done progressively.
Bas, about my question of yesterday, on the way to calculate the commutation frequency, I think I was wrong. After some reflection while I was sleeping, I came to the conclusion that the frequency is much higher than what I initially thought, because of the "electronic gearing". But I haven't been able to figure out the formula yet.![]()
I have this nice program that shows you the winding scheme for any combination of number of slots and poles, and it also gives the number of "cogging steps" per rev of the motor. I believe that the cogging steps are the same thing as the number of cycles necessary to make the motor rotate one revolution. (But is that number for one phase only, or the total for the 3 phases?)
So it might be that the correct formula for the commutation frequency is:
# cogging steps X motor RPM , divided by 60
A search on the web didn't produce any conclusive answer on this.
If you alternate the magnetic field from positive to negative and back to positive you will get 1 sinewave of backemf voltage. For most motors for the field to change like this the rotor needs to move by 2 magnets (from Northpole to Southpole back to Northpole). Then for one rotation you will get the number of magnets divided by 2 amount of sinewaves.... Some motors have 2 northpoles, then 2 southpoles etc, then you need to divide by 4 magents, etc etc.
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Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Not sure I agree with this. Cogging means torque ripple and in certain apps torque ripple needs to be minimized. You can "smooth" the torque ripple of a motor that cogs at steady speed with a custom motor controller but not while the speed is changing. You can also mechanically smooth torque ripple by layout but only a ironless motor has near zero (almost unmeasurable) torque ripple (only a homopolar has absolutely zero torque ripple)
Cogging also means varying inductance. This is "seen" by the drive (meaning motor controller) and also creates harmonics
Cogging also means varying inductance. This is "seen" by the drive (meaning motor controller) and also creates harmonics
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
I knew a researcher who'd made a big 20-odd pole motor for some weirdo application. His cogging torques were so big that occasionally it would stop working as an induction motor and work instead as a switched reluctance (stepper) motor, rotating very slowly backwards with LOTS of torque. (and heat and noise.....)
In the smooth airgap machines I normally work with cogging is mostly reduced by skewing rotor or stator laminations wrt each other. This gets rid of most of the issue with a (very) minor efficiency hit.
In the smooth airgap machines I normally work with cogging is mostly reduced by skewing rotor or stator laminations wrt each other. This gets rid of most of the issue with a (very) minor efficiency hit.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Dear Bas and friends,
just wanted to say thanks a lot for the great contoller, tipps and hints to get my scooter running
Finaly I solved my two problems (weak power on start and "rumpling" on regen) by pushing up the phase current to 200A (maximum of current sensors).
Then I put the regen-battery current up to 300A (I don't think they will be reached, because the main fuse is only 80A but it's not breaking). And finaly the erpm regen ramp from 400 to 9999 (seems to be the maximum the controller accepts).
Best,
Arne
This is my final setup
just wanted to say thanks a lot for the great contoller, tipps and hints to get my scooter running

Finaly I solved my two problems (weak power on start and "rumpling" on regen) by pushing up the phase current to 200A (maximum of current sensors).
Then I put the regen-battery current up to 300A (I don't think they will be reached, because the main fuse is only 80A but it's not breaking). And finaly the erpm regen ramp from 400 to 9999 (seems to be the maximum the controller accepts).
Best,
Arne
This is my final setup
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Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
kywalda wrote:
Then I put the regen-battery current up to 300A (I don't think they will be reached, because the main fuse is only 80A but it's not breaking)
I strongly suggest you lower this.
The battery regen limit will not be reached until higher speeds.
Say you have the regen at -.5 throttle and you use 200 phase amps thats -100 phase amps for full regen.
And say you have 50km/h top speed with no field weakening.
At 10km/h you will only have about -20 battery amps of regen But at 50km/h you will have up to -100 battery amps
Now if you add field weakening it will let you travel faster then the normal max of the back emf would allow and say you are going 70km/h or something you can easily get -150+ battery amps and blow the fuse but when you blow the fuse you will blow the controller as well!!!
Don't set your battery regen limit higher then your fuse!
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
and don't set it higher than your current sensors can measure!!!Arlo1 wrote:Don't set your battery regen limit higher then your fuse!
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
I don't think that is as important. With lots of Feild weakening you can get DC amps well above the AC amps.izeman wrote:and don't set it higher than your current sensors can measure!!!Arlo1 wrote:Don't set your battery regen limit higher then your fuse!
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
it's just what lebowski mentioned once, as i have 150A current sensors and wanted to raise phase amps above that. and he said that's a no-go. but maybe he will comment on that, as only he knows how the cpu handles this situation.Arlo1 wrote:I don't think that is as important. With lots of Feild weakening you can get DC amps well above the AC amps.izeman wrote:and don't set it higher than your current sensors can measure!!!Arlo1 wrote:Don't set your battery regen limit higher then your fuse!
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
With a sinewave inverter your battery DC amps would max out about 20% bigger than motor phase rms amps.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
That's with 0 field weakeningbobc wrote:With a sinewave inverter your battery DC amps would max out about 20% bigger than motor phase rms amps.
Once you add field weakening you can get the battery amps well above the rms phase amps even above the peak phase amps.
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Yes you can not raise "phase amps" above the sensor limit but above you said "Battery amps".izeman wrote: it's just what lebowski mentioned once, as i have 150A current sensors and wanted to raise phase amps above that. and he said that's a no-go. but maybe he will comment on that, as only he knows how the cpu handles this situation.
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
classic misunderstanding. sure you can, and you shouldArlo1 wrote:Yes you can not raise "phase amps" above the sensor limit but above you said "Battery amps".izeman wrote: it's just what lebowski mentioned once, as i have 150A current sensors and wanted to raise phase amps above that. and he said that's a no-go. but maybe he will comment on that, as only he knows how the cpu handles this situation.

Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
nopeArlo1 wrote:That's with 0 field weakeningbobc wrote:With a sinewave inverter your battery DC amps would max out about 20% bigger than motor phase rms amps.
Once you add field weakening you can get the battery amps well above the rms phase amps even above the peak phase amps.

PM me if you want & I'll show you the sums, its straightforward.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Yup it is a control thing that takes the system from a buck converter and turns it into a boost converter.bobc wrote:nopeArlo1 wrote:That's with 0 field weakeningbobc wrote:With a sinewave inverter your battery DC amps would max out about 20% bigger than motor phase rms amps.
Once you add field weakening you can get the battery amps well above the rms phase amps even above the peak phase amps.field weakening is a control thing not a power thing. You'd get a tad more amps by dropping the sinewave & "overmodulating" towards quasi- square. But only a few more %
PM me if you want & I'll show you the sums, its straightforward.
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
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http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Hey Arlo,Arlo1 wrote: Now if you add field weakening it will let you travel faster then the normal max of the back emf would allow and say you are going 70km/h or something you can easily get -150+ battery amps and blow the fuse but when you blow the fuse you will blow the controller as well!!!
Don't set your battery regen limit higher then your fuse!
you're scaring me! My emax is running so fine and the regen is working so smooth. Even from braking down with regen from 80 km/h...
Maybe it's a good idea to put a strong diode anti-parallel to my fuse. So regen will pass through but a short cut will break the fuse.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
This is not fieldweakening... Look for y fieldweakening booster coil thread where i explain what happens with fieldweakening (typing this on a tablet where i cannot link etc)bobc wrote:nopeArlo1 wrote:That's with 0 field weakeningbobc wrote:With a sinewave inverter your battery DC amps would max out about 20% bigger than motor phase rms amps.
Once you add field weakening you can get the battery amps well above the rms phase amps even above the peak phase amps.field weakening is a control thing not a power thing. You'd get a tad more amps by dropping the sinewave & "overmodulating" towards quasi- square. But only a few more %
PM me if you want & I'll show you the sums, its straightforward.
Re: Lebowski's motor controller IC, schematic & setup, new v
Or just set the battery regen amps to something the fuse and battery can handle?kywalda wrote:Hey Arlo,Arlo1 wrote: Now if you add field weakening it will let you travel faster then the normal max of the back emf would allow and say you are going 70km/h or something you can easily get -150+ battery amps and blow the fuse but when you blow the fuse you will blow the controller as well!!!
Don't set your battery regen limit higher then your fuse!
you're scaring me! My emax is running so fine and the regen is working so smooth. Even from braking down with regen from 80 km/h...
Maybe it's a good idea to put a strong diode anti-parallel to my fuse. So regen will pass through but a short cut will break the fuse.
There is no reason to need to set it really high... Maybe the current sensors are not set properly?
My Leaf motor controller build. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63982&p=963227#p963227
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/
My YSR build http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo8r5g4NBg
RC and most types of Lithium batteries you MUST know your individual cell voltages charging and discharging.
Don't keep them were you cant afford smoke or fire!
Never above 4.2v never below 2.7v EVER!!!
HI power controller design. Game Changer
http://www.undergroundelectrics.ca/