I realise this could go in Applications, but I would like feedback and help with this project. I haven’t ordered the SimpleFOC board yet.
I am trying to make a novel sim-racing force feedback device using OpenFFBoard, an open-source modular board that provides force feedback, but it is usually used for larger motors and drivers, for steering wheels. The OpenFFBoard is used with an encoder and motor driver to provide force feedback, and it also needs to be a motor driver with FOC (and torque mode).
I’m trying to find a smaller and cheaper solution for the FOC motor driver than the ones that are available for this purpose.
The OpenFFBoard outputs in the formats for the TMC4671, Odrive, VESC, Simplemotion, and Myactuator. It also has PWM output, but I don’t know if this is actually FOC.
I would like to know if Simple FOC would be able to read some of these signals from the OpenFFBoard. (Would it take a VESC signal?)
If Yes, would one simply plug the Mini board to an Arduino, load the firmware, and have it act like a motor driver?
Any guidance would be helpful.