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Figure 4-1-1 Schematic diagram of the steering gear
4.1.2 Working principle
The control signal enters the signal modulation chip by the receiver channel, gets the DC bias voltage.
The steering gear has a reference circuit which generates a reference signal with a period of 20ms and a
width of 1.5ms. Comparing the obtained DC bias voltage with the voltage of the potentiometer and
obtaining the output voltage difference. Finally, the positive and negative output voltage difference in the
motor driver chip decide the positive and negative rotation of motor. When the speed of motor is certain, the
cascade reducer gear will drive potentiometer to rotate so that the voltage difference is reducing to 0, the
motor will stop rotating.
When the control circuit receives the control signal, the motor will rotate and drive a series of gear sets,
the signal will move to the output steering wheel when the motor decelerates. The the output shaft of
steering gear is connected with the position feedback potentiometer, the potentiometer will output a voltage
signal to the control circuit board to feedback when the steering gear rotates, then the control circuit board
decides the rotation direction and speed of the motor according to the position, so as to achieve the goal. The
working process is as follows: control signal
→
control circuit board
→
motor rotation
→
gear sets deceleration
→
steering wheel rotation
→
position feedback potentiometer
→
control circuit board feedback.
The control signal is 20MS pulse width modulation (PWM), in which the pulse width varies linearly from
0.5-2.5MS, the corresponding steering wheel position varies from 0-180 degrees, which means the output
shaft will maintain certain corresponding degrees if providing the steering gear with certain pulse width. No
matter how the external torque changes, it only changes position until a signal with different is provided as
shown in Fig.3.2.4.4. The steering gear has an internal reference circuit which can produce reference signal
with 20MS period and 1.5MS width, there is a comparator which can detect the magnitude and direction of
the external signal and the reference signal, thereby produce the motor rotation signal.