I’ve also learned that I definitely did NOT want to order a three phase motor. I’ve ordered a couple more 12V and 24V motors, mostly around 150W to try out. With those results I should have a pretty good idea of what is working. In the running now are 3 general design patterns:
- Direct drive via pulley with the existing tension hub design
- Friction “slip” pulley with no tension hub
- @Greg’s current sense design.
@Greg would you mind sharing your code and schematics for that? It would significantly lessen my learning curve and speed up the testing 