Hi everyone,
I am an engineer working on robotics and considering building a compact tool for BLDC/PMSM motor bring-up and commissioning after having a lot of issues there.
The idea is a device that connects to the motor phases, Hall sensors, and incremental encoder signals. After a short alignment procedure, with one click it would help identify things like:
- Correct Hall sequence
- Encoder direction
- Phase/Hall/encoder mismatch
- Hall sector angles
- Commutation offset
- Possible wiring mistakes
The goal is to make motor bring-up easier, especially when working with Hall sensors and incremental encoders, without having to manually debug everything with an oscilloscope or logic analyzer.
I am still validating whether this is a real need before spending serious time on the hardware.
Would a tool like this be useful in your work or projects?
How do you currently solve Hall/encoder/phase alignment problems?
Any feedback, criticism, or “I would not need this because…” comments would be very helpful.
Best regards