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Here's an announcement for a long requested tview feature, logging! You can now record data from tview to either a set of .csv files, or a single .jsonl file. Read about it here:

blog.mjbots.com/2025/12/18/t...
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The moteus tview application got another new big feature recently, support for a python REPL, with full access to the moteus python library. You can use multiple controllers, create functions and loops and send commands all while plotting and monitoring. Enjoy!

blog.mjbots.com/2025/11/06/t...
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There's a new moteus documentation site posted as of yesterday!

mjbots.github.io/moteus/
Overview - moteus Documentation
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October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
With the most recent release of moteus-gui (0.3.93), tview will now give you some helpful highlighting when one or more controllers are experiencing a fault, encouraging you to look in the correct place:
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here's a valuable new moteus feature: UUID based addressing and transparent support for multiple transports in python.

blog.mjbots.com/2025/10/09/u...
UUID based addressing and python multiple device support - mjbots blog
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October 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We've now got 5V and 12V fans with connectors and mounting brackets up at mjbots to cool your controllers. If active cooling works for you, this can more than double your maximum continuous phase current:

blog.mjbots.com/2025/07/22/m...
moteus cooling fans - mjbots blog
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July 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There's new version of the moteus performance analysis tool up now with some big new capabilities!

Check it out here: mjbots.github.io/moteus/mpat....
moteus Perfomance Analysis Tool
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July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm excited to announce the first iteration of a new tool for comparing thermal and torque performance in motor controller systems, the "moteus Performance Analysis Tool":

mjbots.github.io/moteus/mpat....

and you can read about the process behind it here: blog.mjbots.com/2025/07/03/m...
moteus Perfomance Analysis Tool
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July 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Check out the newest moteus on the block, the moteus-x1. Now with up to 60A of continuous phase current output!

jpieper.com/2025/05/01/m...
moteus-x1
I’m excited to announce the release of the newest moteus motor controller, the moteus-x1! The biggest differences between the moteus-x1 and other moteus controllers is improved output phase c…
jpieper.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
With the most recent moteus release, *all* controllers got an upgrade to their peak power rating! Check it out here:

jpieper.com/2025/03/29/m...
Moaar power!
Exciting news! All the existing moteus controllers in the world now have an upgraded default maximum power and upgraded rated maximum power as of release 2025-03-27! Depending upon the input voltag…
jpieper.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
mjbots now stocks diametrically ring magnets for use in low-cost off axis encoders like with the MA600 we recently added!

jpieper.com/2025/03/06/d...
Diametric ring magnets available at mjbots.com
To go with the new MA600 breakout board, mjbots.com is now stocking diametrically magnetized ring magnets: For now, the only size is 32mm x 22mm x 4mm, but there may be more in the future. These ar…
jpieper.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What is better than a moteus-r4? Why a moteus-r4 that is 25% cheaper -- now only $59 in single quantities!

Check out the new prices: mjbots.com/products/mot...
moteus r4.11 controller
The moteus brushless controller turns a hobby brushless motor into a high performance servo actuator.  It integrates the necessary drive electronics, a high performance 32 bit microcontroller, an abso...
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January 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New at mjbots, the MA600 absolute magnetic encoder breakout. Use this SPI encoder as an auxiliary encoder -- or as a primary encoder if a moteus won't fit. It includes a sense magnet and cables to connect to a c1 or n1!

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MA600 Breakout
The ma600-breakout board exposes an MPS MA600 tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) high accuracy and low noise absolute angle encoder.  A GH6 connector can be used to connect 3.3V power and SPI data lines t...
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January 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Get started with dynamic brushless motor control with a moteus developer kit. No soldering required, everything you need is in the box except for a computer with a USB port!

#moteus #robotics

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moteus-c1 developer kit
This is the developer's kit for the moteus-c1 brushless servo controller. Specifications for the moteus-c1 controller (also available for purchase separately):  3 phase brushless FOC based control Vol...
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December 19, 2024 at 7:20 PM
The moteus line of brushless motor controllers now supports space vector pulse width modulation! This technique allows motors to spin 15% faster for the same input voltage. Read more and find out how to upgrade here: jpieper.com/2024/11/20/s...
Space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) for moteus
A permanent magnet motor controller like moteus has to, at the end of the day, apply voltages to the phase wires of a motor in order to induce currents. Those currents generate magnetic fields that…
jpieper.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Check out how you can use the newly released PWM output support to drive a variable speed cooling fan with moteus in this new video!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDTr...
PWM output for moteus motor controller
YouTube video by Josh Pieper
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November 13, 2024 at 5:17 PM