Abstract: Power tools that include a housing, a motor supported by the housing, a battery pack interface configured to receive a battery pack that includes a plurality of battery cells, an inverter positioned between and electrically connected to the battery pack interface and the motor, a gate driver connected to the inverter and configured to control a current in the inverter, a controller configured to control the gate driver, and a short circuit detection circuit. The short circuit detection circuit is configured to monitor the current in the inverter, compare the current in the inverter to a short circuit threshold, and control a switch of the short circuit detection circuit to disable the gate driver when the current in the inverter is greater than or equal to the short circuit threshold.

Abstract: A power tool including a housing, a battery pack interface configured to receive a battery pack, and electric motor within the housing, a controller, and a Hall effect sensor. The electric motor has a no-load operating speed of at least 35,000 rotations per minute (“RPM”). The electric motor includes a stator including a stator core having stator teeth and stator laminations, and a rotor including a rotor shaft and a rotor magnet. The controller is configured to control an operating speed of the electric motor. The Hall effect sensor is connected to the controller and is configured to transition between a low-level output signal and a high-level output signal in response to sensing the rotor magnet. The Hall effect sensor is configured to transition between the low-level output signal and the high-level output signal at a maximum transition time of less than a millisecond.

Abstract: A belt sander for sanding a workpiece including a main housing, a motor having a motor shaft disposed within the main housing, and a handle extending from the motor housing and configured to be grasped by a user for maneuvering the belt sander. The motor shaft defines a motor axis that is perpendicular to a handle axis of the handle. The belt sander further includes a contact arm that extends from the motor housing and is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a light assembly coupled to the motor housing. The light assembly includes a light housing, an LED, and a lens coupled to the light housing for diverging light rays from the LED across a light range. When the contact arm is in the deployed position, the light range illuminates at least a portion of the contact arm and a space below the contact arm.