Application: Quadrotor drone
Vsupply: 44.4 Nominal, 50.4 max
Gate Drive (A): Depends
Output load: ~20 Amps/ motor
My Team Lead wants to implement FOC on our motors and I came across InstaSPIN. I am not totally sure about all the pieces required to implement FOC using InstaSPIN. I am also not sure what the scope of the project would entail. One TI section advertises quick implementation, however this TI link shows Patrick Fishers project where at the bottom he mentions it took him 6 months to implement.
What is the scope of the project to implement the hardware/software?
What are all of the pieces of hardware/software I’d need for this effort? Right now we have a flight controller commanding KDE speed controllers to drive our motors. We didn’t have to write any firmware of code in the speed controllers…
Will I have access to the current through each inductor during operation? Do I need to hook up external shunt resistors/ current sensors to do this?
