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Question Capacitors to eliminate spiking. May have gotten the wrong ones?

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by Trigen, Jul 4, 2019.

  1. Trigen

    Trigen Active Member

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    Hi guys!

    Been trying to tune and eliminate spiking in my system as im plagued with oscillations (probably spiking sending it out of whack) and i have been tuning endlessly. Its shielded and the shield is connected to ground. I got a tip on using capacitors (it was in spaninsh so i goggle translated) . 100mf ones but testing this on the ground it just changed the voltage so the center point was way off and if i added to both + and - the range became very very small. Im not 100% sure what voltage these needs to be and the lowest i could find was 10v 100mf and these could be the wrong ones.

    I left it in for a few minutes and im assuming the charge up time on these are not very long.

    Any tips here? Im afraid electro theory isnt my strong side.


    These are the ones is got.
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-100uF-10V-ELECTROLYTIC-CAPACITOR-100MF-Axial-Vishay-Philips-Audio-AUS-STOCK/171412676323?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
    Last edited: Jul 4, 2019
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    Vitalius Active Member Gold Contributor

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    I hope I understood you correctly! Hello, I also experimented with capacitors in the beginning but ultimately left them out and used only shielded wires. What attitude do you have in SMC Tool?
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    Not entirely sure what you mean with attitude but here are my settings. The signal does look very clean (no capacitors on here) so im still a bit puzzled. Any small dimples i got in the signal i still got with one capacitor on.

    newest smc settings.jpg
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    I suppose its time to think of a redesign. The ardunio's sits a bit close to the PSU and motor controllers and its the only thing i havent eliminated 100%
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    Set PWMin to 0
    and if that does not work try with smaller values at the KP
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    Ive been testing for weeks with 0 or 20 (any greater than 20 and it will have issues with stopping though) and it makes no difference im afraid so i decided to just keep it at 20. The dimples are there with only ardunio running
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