Mr. Mik
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Could the Vectrix motor controller be replaced with a different motor controller?
As far as I understand it, the stock MC communicates with the charger, the ICM and the display via the Canbus, and all this connectivity would be lost.
The stock charger (at least the older one) is poorly designed and tends to fail, and both the older and newer stock chargers are not easily programmable, so the loss of their use would not necessarily be a problem.
I think the motor is "3-phase, permanent magnets, brushless, 12-pole, 16-slot" (whatever that means... . It has three fat cables going in, and a bunch of small cables for communication (via Canbus?) between an optical encoder and other parts of the scooters electronics. The encoder disk is attached to and revolves with, the drive-shaft .
Minimum requirements would be smooth and gentle start from standstill and ideally at least 20kW peak power. A slow reverse "gear" is also important, the Vectrix is too heavy to push it back uphill. Regenerative braking is in my opinion optional, but nice to have, even if only to save brake pads.
Thank you for any advice!
As far as I understand it, the stock MC communicates with the charger, the ICM and the display via the Canbus, and all this connectivity would be lost.
The stock charger (at least the older one) is poorly designed and tends to fail, and both the older and newer stock chargers are not easily programmable, so the loss of their use would not necessarily be a problem.
I think the motor is "3-phase, permanent magnets, brushless, 12-pole, 16-slot" (whatever that means... . It has three fat cables going in, and a bunch of small cables for communication (via Canbus?) between an optical encoder and other parts of the scooters electronics. The encoder disk is attached to and revolves with, the drive-shaft .
Minimum requirements would be smooth and gentle start from standstill and ideally at least 20kW peak power. A slow reverse "gear" is also important, the Vectrix is too heavy to push it back uphill. Regenerative braking is in my opinion optional, but nice to have, even if only to save brake pads.
Thank you for any advice!