Modeling the Kit Motors with USB-DAQ

[Danny Diaz]

Dave Lavery's request during kickoff for the Pilot Program teams to model the characteristics of the kit motors gives us a chance to showcase DAQ and demonstrate a little bit of what we can do with the USB-6009 DAQ device. I will be working with team 418 to model the kit motors within the next week - I was just wondering how many other Pilot Program teams wanted to do this alongside us.

The software we will use is the one written by Russ Beavis for motor control and testing. We will be using an Allegro current sensor (the spec sheet is in the motor control software zip file) and a Hall-effect sensor for RPM detection (just slap a sprocket to the end of the motor shaft and read tooth info). The wiring schematic for the entire setup is also included in the motor control software zip file.

We will potentially be doing something a little more advanced in addition to the DAQ testing to double-check our work, but I'll release those details once we're sure we'll have the hardware available to us when we need it.

-Danny