Motor and driver database - as website feature?

Hey @Antun_Skuric, sorry, been busy doing christmassy things…

I would be happy to help with this. The idea from my point of view is not to replace the existing documentation, but to add a “community database” in addition to the more static documentation pages.

The idea is that there is such a wealth of devices (motors, drivers, MCUs, sensors) out there that it would be cool to list them in a more convenient format. For me, browsing the forum and seeing what everyone is doing with which hardware was really informative. But it’s also a quite inefficient way to find a list of compatible drivers. In the database, the community could help out with that by providing details of all the cool stuff they’re doing, and the hardware they’re using in a more concentrated form… at the same time we wouldn’t expect people to provide the level of documentation provided on the docs pages - more like just a few key facts, and the http-links to get more.

Such a database can be created very easily with the AirTable tool. I made a sample, some screenshots are above. I have invited you as a collaborator to the AirTable workspace, if you want to take a look around…

Using AirTable the database could be created and managed there, on the AirTable site, but embedded into the Simple FOC website for use by the community (e.g. adding new entries, searching and browsing the existing ones. Embedding it is very easy, just using some short HTML snippets.

Let me know what you think, and how I could be of help.