We're excited to announce the release of firmware v3.0 for our RoboG4 Brushless DC Motor Drives, which is now in production. This extensively validated firmware leverages the full capabilities of the RoboG4 drives.
Key features of RoboG4 products offered in this release include:
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Operational Features
- Sinusoidal Commutation with Field Oriented Control (FOC
- Support for Multiple Sensors for Motor Commutation
- Support for Multiple Sensors for Motor Feedback
- Multifunctional Inputs
- Customizable Scripting Language
- Various Control Modes
- Cascaded Control Modes
- Automatic Motor Characterization
- Motor/Sensor Calibration Process
- Configurable Low Pass Filter for Speed Control
- 16 kHz Current Loop (RoboG4 Feature)
- Motor Configuration Wizard (RoboG4 Feature)
- Automatic Field Weakening (RoboG4 Feature)
- Current Decoupling Terms (RoboG4 Feature)
- Feedforward Control (RoboG4 Feature)
- Automatic PID Load Tuning (RoboG4 Feature)
- Protections and Safety Features
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- Sensor Error Detection
- Amps Limiting function
- Amps Trigger Function
- I2T protection
- Stall detection
- Overvoltage/Undervoltage Detection
- Loop Error Detection
- Customizable Loop Error Detection (RoboG4 Feature)
- Short circuit detection
- MOSfail detection
- STO-Certified Function
The firmware files can be found in the 'Downloads' section of our website. We recommend that you also check the '3.0 fw Release notes' document located on the same page for additional information about the new features. The complete changelog can be found in the firmware’s zipped file.
Roboteq strongly recommends that all users with devices running the beta 3.0 firmware update to the latest version to enjoy the enhanced benefits.
