I recently bought this motor and encoder for a personal project and I cannot get either the motor to run or the encoder to work. There is no/ limited documentation specifically on the encoder wiring and I am concered I receieved a faulty component.
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Hi @merebee and welcome to our forum!
Have you bought your motor from RobotShop?
Which ESC are you using to control it?
A standard ESC cannot operate any gimbal motor as a gimbal motor.
You can spin it rapidly, but that’s not what this thread is about. Gimbal motors have no hall sensors, note.
A 3-phase driver is needed to drive the motor, position feedback via encoder or IMU is needed, and control loop to drive the drivers amplitude/phase. You need to know a bit about field-oriented-control techniques really to see how this all works.
You can drive a gimbal motor open-loop via a 3-phase driver, but it will basically be hopeless having no position authority (ie be floppy as anything).
Unlike RC motors for props/traction a gimbal motor’s windings are high resistance designed for sustained maximum current without needing aggressive cooling.
Hi @igor_X Yes I bought the motor through the RobotShop. I’m using a simpleFOCboard V2.0.3 To control the motor with an arduino uno. Any help much appreciated!
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Could be that the board is problem.
Have you tried contacting iFlight support?