New Products - December 2022 (5.5W Motors)

[sazrocks]

Can some of that information be added to the product page itself as well? At minimum the article should be linked in the product page, and basic specs like the nominal RPM should be on the product page. Basically the 5.5w motor product page should look like the 11w motor product page.

@jpearman is the encoder spec in the KB article correct now? Earlier you said it was misleading since the firmware/vexos does something different.

The KB article also says:

Position and angle are reported with an accuracy of .02 degrees

Is this accurate? That seems to imply that the TPR would be closer to 1800 than 900/960.

Free speed is software-limited by the motor’s processor to keep consistent performance motor-to-motor and to allow top speed under loads.

Is this accurate as well? This would be a departure from how the 11w motor works if true, at least for voltage mode.

[jpearman]

@sazrocks

is the encoder spec in the KB article correct now?

Nothing has changed since December as far as I know. The number for the table should be 900 (not 960) as that is what user code will always see.

@sazrocks

Position and angle are reported with an accuracy of .02 degrees. Is this accurate?

Nope.

@sazrocks

Free speed is software-limited by the motor’s processor to keep consistent performance motor-to-motor and to allow top speed under loads.

With closed loop control (ie. not use raw voltage) I guess this is true, we limit to 200rpm, same as the 11W motor.

[mgoodwin]

@sazrocks and all, Understanding V5 Smart Motor (5.5W) Performance has now been added to the V5 Section of the VEX Library. I’ve also updated the value in the article for the 5.5W Encoder to show 900 ticks/rev, so let me know if there is anything else you would like to see. Thank you.