Mike DonnellyInduction Machine (IM) and PWM Drive circuit, with mechanical fan load.
Motors & Drives
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Mike DonnellyThis open-loop fan drive system has a 48V DC supply and runs at just under 1800 RPM (187 rad/sec), generating 100 Watts of...
Mike DonnellyThis design shows a stepper motor's ability to control a load angle, not by using a rotation angle sensor for feedback, but rather...
Mike DonnellyThis design includes an ideal Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) model, as well as a continuous D-Q controller and drive...
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Electric Power Steering - Coordinated Control, Electronics and Motor Design
Featured Article - Submitted by Mike Donnelly on Sat, 04/21/2018 - 18:32Electric Power Steering (EPS) systems provide a challenging control design problem for system integrators. Because the system directly interacts with the driver’s hands, reducing vibration is a must.
Mechatronics Engineers … Start Your Motors!
Featured Article - Submitted by Mike Donnelly on Fri, 10/07/2016 - 18:55The SystemVision Cloud Team is happy to announce that we’re adding many models to support motor and control systems development. We’ve recently added a new PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine) model, and updated our Induction Motor model. We will be adding Stepper and SRM (Switched Reluctance Motor) models in the very near future. Continuous control algorithm blocks that support field oriented control (FOC), such as Clarke and Park transforms, have also been added. Some of these are shown in the design example below.
More Motor Models … Switched Reluctance and Stepper
Featured Article - Submitted by Mike Donnelly on Fri, 12/02/2016 - 11:15In my previous blog, “Mechatronics Engineers … Start Your Motors”, I mentioned that we were working on two additional motor types, a Switched Reluctance Machine (SRM) and a Stepper Motor.