A key advantage (and one that you might have heard us mention before!) of the Zikodrive range of motor controllers is that they are completely custom programmable to meet you requirements. Whether it be a simple preset speed range on the ZDSP stepper motor controller or something more complex such as was used in this case study.
The customer in this case was a small agricultural robotics company. Their aim was to develop a range of robots which would allow the user to monitor, plant and maintain a range of crops in a variety of different environments. The robots were therefore required to deal with both uneven ground, but also with potentially challenging terrain (including mud, steep slopes and puddles).
The result of this thinking was that there was a clear need for a driver which could be flexible but also had the power and intelligence to be able to manage the constantly changing terrain in an energy efficient manner. It was for this reason that they opted to go with the ZDBL50DC Sensored Brushless DC Motor Controller.