Sensing current and/or voltage drop???

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Posted by Raul at 1/21/2001 12:51 PM EST


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.



Does anyone know a good (legal) way to measure the instantaneous current drawn by a motor or the instantaneous voltage drop across a motor such that we can monitor it at the player station OR have software do something with the info?

Raul

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Posted by Adam Krajewski at 1/21/2001 7:24 PM EST


Engineer on team #221, MI Roboworks, from Michigan Tech and Houghton Area Schools and Meritor Automotive.


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Posted by Raul on 1/21/2001 12:51 PM EST:



Wow.
That's a very interesting idea that could be extremely useful...
The only thing I can think of right now would be to use the battery voltage variable to implement some software. The problem being there that is the voltage of the entire system, not a single motor. With some creative programing, I'm sure you could find a way to protect your highest draw motors using data from across the whole system.

Adam

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Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/21/2001 10:51 PM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


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Posted by Adam Krajewski on 1/21/2001 7:24 PM EST:



Every time I see Tony or Bob (or even Paul -- the
E-Wave radio guru), I try to kick them to get them to
offer a means of knowing real time motor current and
real time wheel speed.

If ever there was a year for traction control, this is it.

Perhaps next year.

Joe J.

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Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/21/2001 10:55 PM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


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Posted by Joe Johnson on 1/21/2001 10:51 PM EST:



After I hit submit for the last time, I realized that
not everyone knows Tony and Bob.

They are the two remaining founders/owners of
Innovation First (Dave-the-Man is no long with them, FYI).

Joe J.