Counts Per Electrical Cycle
Electrical cycle is the command signal cycle that commutates the motor. To output in the correct phase, the controller must know the encoder counts per electrical cycle. This information is usually listed in the motor or stage documentation. Some motor manufacturers present this information as the number of poles and refer to electrical cycle as magnetic cycle. In such cases, convert number of poles to counts per electrical cycle with the following equation.
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Caution Counts per electrical cycle must be set correctly to avoid overheating and damaging your motor. |