FOC/Field Oriented Control

[spinningmagnets]

I stumbled across a one-hour video discussing what FOC-based controller is an why its beneficial. I can't quite explain it yet, but I thought I'd post the link here.

https://evmc2.wordpress.com/2016/01...ent-magnet-motors-or-how-ac-controllers-work/

 

[learningrc]

That lecture is by Dave Wilson at TI. For a more in depth look from Dave, look up "Teaching Old Motors New Tricks" on youtube. It is a set of 5 lectures that really goes into detail. It has some of the same material as this one.