Mike DonnellyInduction Machine (IM) and PWM Drive circuit, with mechanical fan load.
Mike DonnellyThis open-loop fan drive system has a 48V DC supply and runs at over 1800 RPM (195 rad/sec), generating over 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...
Mechatronics Engineers … Start Your Motors!
Featured Article | Mike Donnelly | 7 October 2016The PartQuest Explore 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 | Mike Donnelly | 2 December 2016In 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. I’m now happy to report that they have been added to our component library, under the category Magnetic and Electro-mechanical. There you’ll also find our complete set of rotating and linear machine models: