PID controlled motor controller (based on measured RPM instead of PWM)

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Thanks for all the replies!!

I think I'll use the current sense function to detect motor stall or motor overload.

At the moment I have two magenets/wheel. I can increase this to four? It will give a more accurate reading at low RPM, but I don't know if the interrupt can handle (12.000 pulses/minute max.)?

PID is starting to make more sense to me :slight_smile: Maybe I'll try to incorporate specific PID settings is certain ranges (like CodingBadly proposed).

EDIT: Maybe I can better use:

http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/PIDLibrary

and

http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/PIDAutotuneLibrary

I am still working on the library... I can post a preview version (not fully tested) if people are intrested?

Cheers.