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Motor drive system and method

  • US 10,090,878 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2014
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a drive unit adapted to drive a motor coupled to a load, the drive unit including a processing device, a wireless transceiver, and a non-transitory machine readable medium having embedded therein processing instructions configured to perform a method when executed by the processing device, the drive unit further comprising a main board and an expendable external signal input board removably connected to the main board, the expendable external signal input board including a signal conductor and a primary surge protection device configured to ground the signal conductor upon detection of a voltage of the signal conductor exceeding a predetermined voltage to protect the main board, the method including;

    receiving a selection, with a drive application installed in a portable user device, of a configuration information including a motor identifier and a system application;

    wirelessly receiving, by the wireless transceiver, the configuration information; and

    configuring, by the processing device, the drive unit based on the configuration information.

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