Author Archives: Aaron Choate

Masterflux recommendations for Battery Powered Applications

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Aaron Choate

Masterflux has recently added recommendations for how to reduce the impact of input power voltage/current ripple on controller performance. In some cases, the batteries in an electric vehicle will sag under load and the car’s motor controller may attempt to … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicle Air Conditioning – low voltage from Masterflux

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Aaron Choate

Our “low voltage” configuration is for vehicles with traction packs that are roughly 70V to 90V.  The controller has both a low and high voltage cutoff at 55V and 110V respectively so be aware of your full charge voltage as … Continue reading →

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Mounting system for the digitization arm

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Aaron Choate

This is the rig that Chris is using to digitize the key surfaces in the electric Audi A3 project. It holds the digitization arm in a stable position so that we don’t have to worry about introducing any inaccuracies from … Continue reading →

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