Motor Controller Projects


Motor Controller Resources:

AMC Control Box Used for troubleshooting Solectia and Brusa Motor Controllers    Production Version    (video) Available in the Store.

AMC RS422 to RS232 Serial Adapter Used to interface a PC to Brusa Motor Controllers    (video)  Available in the Store.

Solectria to DMOC Adapter Used to convert signals from the AMC Control Box to CAN packets for Azure Motor Controllers    (video)

Brusa AMCXXX:

AMCxxx_17.pdf AMCXXX Owners Manual.

Monlog.exe Windows executable for monitoring the status of the motor controller over a serial port (needs the AMC RS422 to RS232 Serial Adapter).

AMC_E.EXE Windows excitable for changing the motor controller parameters over a serial port (needs the AMC RS422 to RS232 Serial Adapter).

Solectria UMOCXXX:

UMOC-Owners-Manual.pdf UMOCXXX Owners Manual.

UMOC-Service-Manual.pdf UMOCXXX Service Manual.

Solectria DMOCXXX:

CCShell2.0.zip Installer for ccShell 2.0, Windows executable for monitoring the status / programming the motor controller over a serial port.

ccShell-3.1.8.01_setup.zip Installer for ccShell 3.1.8.01, Windows executable for monitoring the status / programming the motor controller over a serial port.


Electric Vehicle Motor Controllers Repaired:

 

Brusa AMC230:

Brusa AMC230 Motor Controller 1 Damaged power stage and gate driver. 

Brusa AMC230 Motor Controller 2 Damaged power stage and gate driver.    (write up)  

Brusa AMC230 Motor Controller 3 Tested Good.  (video)

Brusa AMC320:

Brusa AMC320 Motor Controller 1 Damaged stand by power supply. 

Brusa AMC320 Motor Controller 2 Damaged gate driver and bad connector. 

Brusa AMC320 Motor Controller 3 This is the spare for my truck, it has a large dent in casing, but is still functional. 

Brusa AMC320 Motor Controller 4 Tested good, problem was on vehicle side. 

Brusa AMC325:

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 1 Blown Fuse. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 2 Damaged stand by power supply. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 3 Damaged fuse (tested good under no load, but open under load). 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 4 Damaged gate driver. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 5 Damaged power stage and gate driver. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 6 Damaged main power supply and logic board. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 7 Damaged power connector. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 8 Damaged power stage, gate driver, main power supply and motor connector. 

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 9 Damaged main power supply.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 10 Damaged power stage, gate driver, and blown fuse.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 11 Damaged main power supply, encoder connector, and cooling fans.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 12 Damaged secondary power supply.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 13 Tested good, Missing mounting brackets.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 14 Bad capacitor.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 15 Partially seated gate driver connector.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 16 Damaged Regenerative Braking enable/disable input.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 17 No Reverse when cool, works fine after warming up.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 18 Damaged power stage, gate driver, and blown fuse.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 19 Tested good. Encoder board had a cracked resistor.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 20 Tested good.    Worn motor bearings causing the vehicle to jerk.  (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 21 Damaged power stage.    (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 22 Reprogram voltage limits. How to program the AMC Motor Controller.  (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 23 Clone settings from a damaged AMC Motor Controller.  (video)

Brusa AMC325 Motor Controller 24 Melted Contactor, blown fuse, cracked transformer core.    (video)

Solectria DCMC:

Solectria DCMC Motor Controller 1 Damaged power supply.    (video)

Solectria UMOC425:

Solectria UMOC425 Motor Controller 1 Tested good.  (video)

Solectria UMOC440:

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 1 Reprogram from AC-55 to ACgtx20 motor. 

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 2 Loose wire on the voltage sense. 

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 3 Reprogrammed for lower pack voltage. 

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 4 Water damage.    (video)

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 5 Used parts from Above Controller to repair damage to chassis and replace missing parts.    (video)

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 6 Used parts from Above Controller replace missing parts.    (video)

Solectria UMOC440 Motor Controller 7 Blown fuse assembly.    (video)

Solectria UMOC445:

Solectria UMOC445 Motor Controller 1 Reprogram from AC-55 to ACgtx20 motor. 

Solectria UMOC445 Motor Controller 2 
I was going to reprogram from AC-10 to AC-24 motor, but this drive is programmed for sensor less vector mode.   (video)

Solectria UMOC445 Motor Controller 3 Bench test.    (video)

Azure DMOC445:

Azure DMOC445 Motor Controller 1 Could not reproduce the problem.    (video)

Evnetics Soliton1:

Evnetics Soliton1 Motor Controller 1 Damaged Gate Driver.    (video)

Evnetics Soliton1 Motor Controller 2 Damaged Pre-charger.    (video)

Evnetics Soliton1 Motor Controller 3 Damaged Gate Driver.    (video)

Evnetics SolitonJr:

Evnetics SolitonJr Motor Controller 1 Damaged IGBT.    (video)

Evnetics SolitonJr Motor Controller 2 Damaged IGBT, Melted Terminal.    (video)

 


Motor controllers to badly damaged to be repaired (used for spare parts):

Solectria UMOC340 Motor Controller 1 

Solectria UMOC340 Motor Controller 2 

Solectria UMOC445 Motor Controller 2 


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