Easy
to use electric drive train development tool. Select motors, batteries,
wheel diameter and gear reduction, then take it for a test drive on a
virtual test track.
* Excellent
design tool for building robotic R/C type drive trains like those used
in BattleBots®, BattleBots IQ, Robotica, BotBash, Steel Conflict,
First Robotics, Best Robotics, Techno Games or Robot Wars.
* Includes
four wheel car type and cycle type drive trains that can be used in designing
electric go-karts, electric scooters or electric motorcycles.
* Simulates
battery voltage, state of charge, and internal resistance, so you can
see how your bots performance changes as the batteries run down.
* Motor
simulation allows you to see how motors will run at higher or lower voltages
than the motor's designed voltage.
* Motor
manufacturers rate motors in different ways making it difficult to compare
motors. In EDTSim all motors are rated in the same way, using the
motor constants, making it easy to compare motors.
* Large
database of motors includes size, weight, torque, rpm, manufacturer, approximate
price and places to buy them.
* Motor
and drive train specs can be displayed in whatever metric or imperial
units you prefer.
* Large
battery database includes size, weight, voltage, internal resistance,
Peukert value and capacity at different discharge rates.
* Knowing
a motor's power rating isn't enough. The power you'll get out of
a system isn't just dependent on the motor, it depends on the motor, batteries
and the electrical resistance of the speed controller and wiring.
EDTSim takes all these factors into account and tells you the power of
all the components combined.
* Includes
motor and battery editor so you can use manufacturer specs or test data
to add motors and batteries to the database.
* Includes
example drive trains ranging is size from 1 to 360 lb and can be used
for any size drive train that uses permanent magnet DC (PMDC) electric
motors.
* Includes
twelve drive train configurations, two, four and six wheel tank or wheelchair
type differential steering (also known as skid steering) drive train types
with two, four or six motors. Two and four wheel car type Ackerman steering
with front, rear and four wheel drive configurations.
System
requirements:
EDTSim requires a PC with 350 MHZ or faster Intel or AMD processor,
a hardware accelerated graphics card. Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 or XP
operating system and DirectX 6.1 or higher and 40 MB of free hard disk
space.
Note: Electric Drive Train Simulator is available by electronic purchase. You will receive a software key by e-mail and a link to download.
