Summary
Spoder Board is a custom mini BLDC driver designed to be low-cost and used for social robots.Contributions
Valentine from the SimpleFOC community designed the original Mosquito board. The Spoder board is a remix on the Mosquito board. I also created the SimpleFOC-WebUI for use with any SimpleFOC based boards.Duration of the Project
A week.Design and Development
Schematics
The core schematics of the Spoder Board are based on Valentine's Mosquito board.I modified the board to use STM32F103 as the microprocessor and added a user switch for setting boot pins.
The Spoder Board is a learning project to understand the STM32 microprocessor and motor control. I added redundant peripherals to make development and testing easier.
In the future, I plan to retain only the necessary peripherals and add CAN bus support.
Running SimpleFOC with SimpleFOC-WebUI
Overview
The board runs the SimpleFOC firmware, allowing it to drive one BLDC motor. FOC enables silent and smooth motion for actuators, perfect for social robots.SimpleFOC is a community-driven, open-source FOC initiative. To contribute back to the community, I wrote a new web-based interface, enabling easy configuration and control of motors running on the SimpleFOC firmware.
