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Re: Keep the engine speed

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
If you've got enough inertia and can use the simple on/off logic, it requires no tuning and very little code.

Since the code is so simple, you can run it at higher speed without sucking up too much processing time.

It has the fastest spin-up and recovery time.


Good to know. Last year we had problems with motor speed recovery time and this may be the solution. Thanks.