Hello,
Attached is my idea for monitoring Torque.
The Idea
Firstly, I wish to monitor torque as a sudden force is applied to the bottom of the arm.
At present the red off center mass will want to pull the arm in the anti-clockwise position. I want to program a micro-controller (PID controller or Fuzzy Logic) to maintain constant current so that the motor is held against the switch in the clockwise direction.
Therefore there will be a current maintained in the motor. When a force is applied as shown, I want to program the micro-controller to increase the current to match the force being exerted onto the arm so that the switch is in constant contact.
NOTE: the force is an impact and sudden therefore the micro will need to react fast enough to the impact.
Ideally, I want to know if my train of thought is correct in saying that once the impact is over, if I was monitoring the current, I could also monitor the torque applied to the arm by using the motor constant etc?
Any help would be great
Attached is my idea for monitoring Torque.
The Idea
Firstly, I wish to monitor torque as a sudden force is applied to the bottom of the arm.
At present the red off center mass will want to pull the arm in the anti-clockwise position. I want to program a micro-controller (PID controller or Fuzzy Logic) to maintain constant current so that the motor is held against the switch in the clockwise direction.
Therefore there will be a current maintained in the motor. When a force is applied as shown, I want to program the micro-controller to increase the current to match the force being exerted onto the arm so that the switch is in constant contact.
NOTE: the force is an impact and sudden therefore the micro will need to react fast enough to the impact.
Ideally, I want to know if my train of thought is correct in saying that once the impact is over, if I was monitoring the current, I could also monitor the torque applied to the arm by using the motor constant etc?
Any help would be great
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