This paper presents the implementation of blushless DC (BLDC) motor control algorithm by using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and the design of a fast responding BLDC motor drive circuit on an autonomous miniature quadcopter. The algorithm involves implementation of acceleration, deceleration, and equalization energy step change function in motor control the strategy. In order to design...

Automotive Industry is targeting sustainable transportation in near future. Therefore hybrid and electric vehicles are going to be popular due to their sustainability, energy saving and zero emission. Electric motors play significant role in EV’s. In-wheel motor technology is being used in modern electric vehicles to improve efficiency, safety and controllability of vehicle nowadays. BLDC motor...

This study tackles to develop a sensorless drive technique for brushless dc motors (BLDC) by using wavelet theory. Initially a BLDC motor with hall sensors is handled. The simulink model of the motor is established and the simulation performances are obtained. Then BLDC motor’s PWM pulses are produced by DS2201 dSPACE digital signal processing (DSP) rapid control prototyping kit. The time domai...

In this paper, a fault diagnosis algorithm for brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives is proposed to maintain control performance under switch open-damage. The proposed fault diagnosis algorithm consists of a simple algorithm using measured phase current information and it detects open-circuit faults based on the operating characteristic of BLDC motors. The proposed algorithm quickly recovers control...

This paper describes the analysis and design of a low cost three phase inverter brushless dc motor (BLDC) drive.For effective utilization of the developed system, a novel direct current controlled pwm scheme (DPC)is designed and implemented.. The operational principle of the four-switch BLDC motor drive and the developed control scheme are theoretically analyzed and the performance is demonstra...

The Permanent Magnet Brushless DC (BLDC) motor offers higher efficiency, low maintenance, reduced weight and compact construction. For many industrial applications, the BLDC motor is increasingly being used. This paper presents a new sensorless drive scheme for BLDC motor based on the back EMF difference. The commutation point of the drive is determined by detecting the Zero Crossing Point (ZCP...

The permanent magnet brushless DC motors are utilized more in automotive, industrial and household product due to its high torque density, compactness, high efficiency, low maintenance and simple control. BLDC motor is meant to utilize the trapezoidal back emf voltages with square wave currents to come up with constant torque. BLDC motor is electronically controlled and needs rotor position dat...

Brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives are becoming more popular in industrial, traction applications. This makes the control of BLDC motor in all the four quadrants very vitalThe motor is operated in four steady state operating modes of torque-speed plane. To control a BLDC machine it is generally required to measure the speed and position of rotor by using the sensor because the inverter phases, ac...

Recent trends in Radio Telescopes deploy BLDC motors for their 2-axis rotation. BLDC motors implement electronic commutation by avoiding carbon brushes and mechanical commutation. Resolvers mounted on rotor shaft of BLDC motors form good sensor feedback and work in-conjunction with RDC and FPGA interface to implement speed and position control. Brushes in DC torque form an important source of a...