Hey Folks,
Complete newbie here with what seems like a very simple issue.
I am trying to control a GM3506 BLDC motor using an Nucleo Stm32F411RE and a SimpleFOC mini.
I have the driver in on pins 13,12,11,10, and powered with an external 12v power supply.
The Nucleo is powered via usb.
I’m trying to run the open loop position example through the Aurdino IDE.
It seems to flash without any issue however, I am not getting anything in the serial monitor, and never prints the motor ready prompt.
If send a value it does return in the serial monitor, but the motor does not move.
// Open loop motor control example
#include <SimpleFOC.h>
// BLDC motor & driver instance
// BLDCMotor motor = BLDCMotor(pole pair number);
BLDCMotor motor = BLDCMotor(11);
// BLDCDriver3PWM driver = BLDCDriver3PWM(pwmA, pwmB, pwmC, Enable(optional));
BLDCDriver3PWM driver = BLDCDriver3PWM(13, 12, 11, 10);
// Stepper motor & driver instance
//StepperMotor motor = StepperMotor(50);
//StepperDriver4PWM driver = StepperDriver4PWM(9, 5, 10, 6, 8);
//target variable
float target_velocity = 0;
// instantiate the commander
Commander command = Commander(Serial);
void doTarget(char* cmd) { command.scalar(&target_velocity, cmd); }
void doLimit(char* cmd) { command.scalar(&motor.voltage_limit, cmd); }
void setup() {
// driver config
// power supply voltage [V]
driver.voltage_power_supply = 12;
// limit the maximal dc voltage the driver can set
// as a protection measure for the low-resistance motors
// this value is fixed on startup
driver.voltage_limit = 6;
driver.init();
// link the motor and the driver
motor.linkDriver(&driver);
// limiting motor movements
// limit the voltage to be set to the motor
// start very low for high resistance motors
// currnet = resistance*voltage, so try to be well under 1Amp
motor.voltage_limit = 3; // [V]
// open loop control config
motor.controller = MotionControlType::velocity_openloop;
// init motor hardware
motor.init();
// add target command T
command.add('T', doTarget, "target velocity");
command.add('L', doLimit, "voltage limit");
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println("Motor ready!");
Serial.println("Set target velocity [rad/s]");
_delay(1000);
}
void loop() {
// open loop velocity movement
// using motor.voltage_limit and motor.velocity_limit
motor.move(target_velocity);
// user communication
command.run();
}
I feel like there is something simple I am missing here and apologize in advance lol
