The Drive

Vector Motors Selling WX-3 Prototype to Fund New Hypercar Development

Vector Motors is selling off the 1993 prototypes of its never-produced WX-3 supercar, apparently to fund development of its planned WX-8 hypercar. For those not in the know, Vector Motors is an ...
Motor Trend

The Vector WX-3 Is the Only Car to Out-Countach the Countach

In case you were ever worried about looking too conservative in your Vector W8, RM Sotheby's has a pair of wild Vector Avtech WX-3 prototypes ready to cross the block at its next sale. Packed with ...
EDN

Motors and controls: Space-vector modulation vs. sinusoidal commutation

http://www.copleycontrols.comTraditional three-phase sinusoidal commutation has been a good choice for smooth current control for accurate torque control in brushless ...
EDN

Space Vector Modulation of a 3-Phase BLDC Motor

This application note presents space vector modulation, a technique that can be applied for AC inductor motors and 3-phae BLDC motor types. It demonstrates how Zilog’s Z16FMC MCU can implement ...
EDN

Vector Control of a 3-Phase AC Induction Motor using the ZNEO Z16FMC MCU

This application note discusses the Field Oriented Control (FOC) of 3-phase AC induction motors. Field Oriented Control is also referred to as Space Vector Control. Vector control provides efficient ...
Motor Trend

Buy This Purple 1991 Vector W8 Twin Turbo and Win Radwood

The last two decades of the 20th century were no stranger to otherworldly cars. Think about the Ferrari Mythos concept, the Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary model, and myriad body-kitted tuner ...
Carscoops

Jerry Wiegert, Founder Of Vector Motors, Has Passed Away At 76

Jerry Wiegert, founder of Vector Motors and the mind behind the W8 supercar, has passed away at the age of 76, on January 15. No details were made known about his passing. Gerald Alden “Jerry” Wiegert ...
Electronic Design

Create Optimum Vector Control For Brushless Motors

1. Field-oriented control (FOC), also known as vector control, maintains a constant stator field in quadrature with the rotor field irrespective of any bandwidth limitations presented by the PI ...
AOL

Vector Is America's Often Overlooked And Forgotten But World-Beating Supercar Brand

The world of American cars is filled with household names: cars and manufacturers that have become famous all over the world and made it into mainstream pop culture. Think of Ford with the Mustang, or ...
Machine Design

Flux vector drives

Variable frequency drives convert ac power to dc and then reshape that current to control ac motors. All types control speed by varying current frequency, but one subtype — flux vector drives — uses ...
Embedded

Toshiba plans vector engine for energy-efficient DC motor control

Toshiba Corp. readying the deployment of several new microcontrollers with an on-chip vector engine coprocessor that will allow the design of much more energy efficient DC motor controllers.The ...