Serious HES derivative project proposal

[SolarLab]

 Further to a previous post regarding one Controller approach. This is presented again in
a bit more detail since some experimenters might find it of value as their projects reach a
point where a versatile controller is needed and a "quick to assemble" device might be
handy. [No programming knowledge or experience is required]

Controller Development  (simplified explaination)        Preliminary Rev 0.1 12Sep22

For probably less than $30us a 3 Phase (3 wire - 120deg) or 4 Phase (4 wire - any configuration)
controller can be easily fabricated. It's quite versatile such that a variety of Sequencing and Timing
configurations are available to be tried out when driving a device.

See the attached document for more details, etc.

SL

Attached (pdf):

[citfta]

Thanks for the PDF SL.  The videos were very good! Is that you in the videos you linked to?  I have some experience programming a picaxe and an arduino so the videos were pretty easy to follow but I can see where they would be very good for someone with no experience in using micro-processors.  The explanations were very clear and even with my experience I learned a few things.  Thanks for posting that helpful information.


Carroll

[Cadman]

Outstandingly helpful information SL!

Watched the first 4 videos and that was all it took to convince me. I'll take in the other videos later.

I've already downloaded the latest 3 versions of STM32CubeIDE (for Linux, YAY) along with some docs and ordered a couple of NUCLEOF446RE boards from Mouser.

I can't thank you enough for this

Sincerely
Cadman

[citfta]

Hi Cadman,


Don't want to derail the thread but what version of Linux do you use?  I have been exclusively on Linux for about 1 and 1/2 years now.  I started with Zorin OS but for the past year have been on LM 20.3.  I'll never go back to Windoze.  Once you get the hang of it Linux is so much better!


Take care,
Carroll

[Cadman]

Hi Cadman,


Don't want to derail the thread but what version of Linux do you use?  I have been exclusively on Linux for about 1 and 1/2 years now.  I started with Zorin OS but for the past year have been on LM 20.3.  I'll never go back to Windoze.  Once you get the hang of it Linux is so much better!


Take care,
Carroll

Hi Carroll,

lsb_release -a returns Linux Mint 19 Tara.

I haven't had time to perform a proper install but it looks super simple. BTW I almost always make a copy of the whole drive before installing any software that's not in the officai repositories.

Download the release you want, unzip it and run sudo filename.sh command on it and follow the further instructions provided through the console window.. There's an installation guide, but that's really all there is to it.

Gotta run.