Tag: Wheel hub motor
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pF: adding sensors
I skipped talking about the sensor part. Here it is: (Lots of thanks to Shane for explaining this to me and creating the diagrams below.) Hall effect sensors are glued in between the stator teeth and they detect the pole orientation of the rotor magnets as the rotor spins. The magnets alternate N-S-N-S etc, so […]
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pF: cleaning up the motor can
Now that I had my magnets epoxied in (see last post) I could assemble the whole motor can. Now, I know the next few steps aren’t completely necessary, but the waterjet finish isn’t the most aesthetic. Good thing I can just use the same fixture as before the clean up the outside. It was interesting […]
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pF hub motor assembly with pneumatic wheel
For picoFahrrad I really wanted to keep using a pneumatic wheel like this one: It is a larger wheel than what you might normally want to put a hub motor in because the gear reduction on the motor would be so large. So I went with a larger 93mm stator (103mm is also available for […]