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danielw
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Using ABI Encoders

Hey guys,

I'm new to the project, and so far could set up the board with a tMotor Antigravity 4006 to work with PPM input and sensorless PID speed control.

I've been trying to connect an ABI encoder (AMT 102) to the GND/H3/H2/H1/5V pins normally used for Hall encoders. But I do not get any position signals, although I turned the encoder also to pass the Index mark.
Using HW 4.12 with the up-to-date firmware, and the VESC tool 0.95.

My question: Is it still necessary to remove C5, C6, C7, R11, R12 and R13, and replace R8, R9, R10 with 0-20 Ohm resistors in order to use position measures or was this only necessary with the BLDC tool?

Appreciate any help and tips smiley
Daniel

danielw
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Ok so far I've figured out that I do NOT have to unsolder anything from the board, ABI encoder seems to work fine. Maybe problems will occur with high frequencies since the signal is smoothed too much?

Still I do miss the position control input in VESC tool, it was there in BLDC tool. surprise
Trying to implement UART with Arduino now, to have a position input! There are great forum threads about that here.

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