Open Source Motor Controller

ATTENTION

1 June 2004 - I have decided to sell my Vantec Speed controller, since I no longer use it.

Vantec RDFR36E for sale, click on photo for details

For the average hobbyist who is trying to design and build a robotic platform, there is a serious need for a motor controller. Many commercial units available are expensive, and many R/C hobby units are inadequate. A group on the RobotWars Delphi Forum decided to apply the open source software development model to the design process of a high quality speed controller that could be built for a reasonable cost, and would be freely available for anyone to tinker with, improve upon, and do whatever they want with it. This page has been set up in order to document the status of this project. This project has been oriented toward robotic combat applications,but there could be other applications where this hardware may be useful.
-Dennis Millard

UPDATE: Due to other pursuits, I have not been maintaining this site for quite some time now.
The real home of the OSMC has been moved here: yahoo OSMC group
All current design data is available through the yahoo group.
Also, kits and parts can be purchased at robot-power.com

I can be contacted through the yahoo forum as "dssgator"