Thread: Recycle Rush: Speed, Torque, or Both
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Re: Recycle Rush: Speed, Torque, or Both
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Why?
The PWM is usually generated using a clock signal in the microprocessor so it has a finite resolution in time. That means there is a minimum time increment to the on time and off time of the PWM signal. The controller in both robots would have the same number of PWM steps but Robot B is only using half of those steps so each step constitutes a larger percentage of the range of control. Thus Robot A would have finer control.
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