Speed Controller Design

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31-08-2010, 21:52

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Re: Speed Controller Design

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Originally Posted by kamocat

To run at half speed forward, you have a 75% duty cycle. Backward at half-speed, you have a 25% duty cycle.

Okay, that makes sense. It just seems odd that it's running forward 75% of the time and backwards 25% of the time to go forward at 50%... wouldn't it make more sense to just go forward 50% of the time?

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