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Re: Motors: Past and Future

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Sensored industrial brushless motors work great.
They do.

And there have been instances of lower cost, higher production quantity brushless permanent magnet motors -- their application in automobile power steering systems is a good example. That application first went to serial production more than fifteen years ago, and is now made by several of the world's most capable suppliers.

For many years I have thought that the FRC kit of parts is one of the best showcases for introducing new components with good potential to displace legacy technologies. Low cost brushless motors and their associated controllers have that potential.

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@Michael: motors are electromechanical devices. Their proper operation requires containment of BOTH smoke and noise -- if either of these escapes the motor, bad things happen.
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