Robotized semiautomatic motorcycle transmission development. Electronic and software design

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper, we propose an electrical design (implemented on a PCB board) and an accompanying software design for controlling the automatic gear change. The designs complement the mechanical solutions developed in Part 1. The paper also analyses the issues encountered during the intermediate steps of the development of the electronic module, which is expected to be small and adaptable enough to be installed on a motorcycle without changing its ergonomics. The control software runs on the Arduino Nano board and is built as a state machine with one idle state, five active states that cover different stages of the gear change and one error state for preventing malfunctions in case of an unexpected event. The sketch uses 5,760 bytes (or 18%) of program storage space and 706 bytes (or 34%) of the dynamic memory.

When industry and academia meet: the development of a robotized semiautomatic motorcycle transmission

“…Due to the high quantity of information, the paper will present only the development of the clutch and gearbox mechanism. The development of the electric system is presented in another paper (Neghină et al, 2017). The system was implemented on a second hand motorcycle Suzuki SV650.…”