Hi, I am currently working on a project which involves the use of a 3-phase brushless motor from Maxon ( ECX16L: https://www.maxongroup.com/medias/sys_master/root/8841179234334/EN-190.pdf ) and I need to operate it using a motor control, most probably, this one ( https://www.maxongroup.com/medias/sys_master/root/8834313125918/380200-Operating-Instruction-En.pdf ) and connecting the motor controller to the Arduino Uno. My question is how to connect the motor controller to the Arduino and are there other alternatives to this motor controller?
I will take a SWAG: To make it work you supply a DC voltage from 0-5VDC, be sure the grounds are connected. Considering the specialized nature of the motor and its possible use in the medical arena I will not make a recommendation. The links helped a lot. A better explanation of what you are trying to do would help.
It looks like all the motor controller needs is an analog input to set the speed. Luckily is also says it is tolerant of PWM from 500Hz to 20kHz and the Arduino can do PWM in that range. This means, connect grounds, connect 5V connect the enable and direction pins and then control them however your application requires.
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