Electronic control of a cordless fastening tool

A method for controlling a fastening tool comprising:

• providing a transmission having a flywheel and a driver mechanism, said transmission configured to couple said flywheel to said driver mechanism one time in a driver sequence to cause energy to be transferred from said flywheel to said driver mechanism;
• determining an achievable rotational velocity of said flywheel based on a remaining number of flywheel rotations until an end of said driver sequence;
• and
• adjusting a position of said flywheel in said driver sequence based on said achievable rotational velocity.

A method for controlling a fastening tool, the method comprising:

• comparing a position of a transmission and a firing position of said transmission;
• adjusting said position of said transmission to a reset position based on said comparison;
• rotating said transmissions to connect to a driver mechanism;
• and
• driving a fastener when said transmission connects to said driver mechanism.

A fastening tool that drives a fastener into a work-piece, the tool comprising:

• a motor connected to a transmission, said transmission includes a flywheel;
• a driver mechanism that is adapted to drive the fastener into the work-piece;
• said flywheel connects to said driver mechanism when said flywheel is in a flywheel firing position;
• and
• a control module that detects a flywheel position, that compares said flywheel position to said flywheel firing position, and that adjusts said flywheel position based on said comparison.