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Hi Matej,
I'm in a similar position – trying to find an easily programmable, and hopefully reliable controller for a Motenergy ME1616. The Kelly and Sevcon controllers are the only ones I can find that accept encoder signals from these motors.
According to the Curtis datasheet for their 1239E controller a "software upgrade allows use with surface permanent magnet synchronous motors". This implies to me that IPM motors (internal permanent magnet) motors like the ME1507 and ME1616 aren't supported, but I've not verified this yet.
The consensus seems to be that Kelly controllers are relatively easy to set up, but if you do decide to use one, choose one with twice the current rating that you actually need, and use a separate DC/DC just for the controller supply.
If anyone knows of any suitable alternative controllers I would really like to hear about them
I'm in a similar position – trying to find an easily programmable, and hopefully reliable controller for a Motenergy ME1616. The Kelly and Sevcon controllers are the only ones I can find that accept encoder signals from these motors.
According to the Curtis datasheet for their 1239E controller a "software upgrade allows use with surface permanent magnet synchronous motors". This implies to me that IPM motors (internal permanent magnet) motors like the ME1507 and ME1616 aren't supported, but I've not verified this yet.
The consensus seems to be that Kelly controllers are relatively easy to set up, but if you do decide to use one, choose one with twice the current rating that you actually need, and use a separate DC/DC just for the controller supply.
If anyone knows of any suitable alternative controllers I would really like to hear about them