Abstract—This paper delineates various Simulink based
control model constructions of (BrushLess Direct Current) BLDC
motors using microcontrollers. The constructed control models
particularize the PWM phase computation, 3-phase bridge signal
generation for sensor-less BLDC motors and BLDC motors with
hall sensors, hall sensor based position measurement, speed
control and monitoring the number of rotations of BLDC motor
using digital sequential blocks. In order to assess the control
model constructions, various scrutiny carried out to make sure
the exactness of the models. Since the controller driver is one of
the important components to control the BLDC motor effectively,
the implementation of controller driver system is fundamental
step in the development of actuators. Here, in this paper we are
using Simulink to build the controller driver system for position
and speed of BLDC motor with the help of semiconductor
switching devices and digital sequential blocks.
Index Terms—Simulink, BLDC, Hall Senso, PWM and
Arduino.
I. INTRODUCTION
LDC motors have been playing a sophisticated role in
various applications for its high precision and easy
controlling than normal motors. Electronic controller is one of
the main component to manipulate the BLDC motors. In this
consideration, Simulink is one of the suitable simulation tool
in MATLAB to develop the electronic controller system and
evaluate the performance. There are many control models
existing in Simulink for controlling BLDC Motors but this
work discusses fundamental implementation of various
Simulink control models of BLDC motors for sophisticated
actuator development. Firstly, this paper discusses all
theoretical concepts required to implement the Simulink
constructions. Then it focuses the implementation of various
Simulink constructions using semiconductor switch devices
and digital switch blocks. Finally, we focus on the evaluation
of Simulink constructions by measuring the position and
controlling the speed using hall sensors. Although, there are
many advanced Simulink constructions already available, this
paper proposes the easy implementation of complex
Dr. Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Shree Rajesh Raagul Vadivel, Bhanu
Teja Pula, Sarveswara Reddy Sathi and Uppala Sai Chaitanya Gupta are with
the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India. (e-mail:
rajeshkannan@ieee.org shreerajgul@gmail.com pulabhanuteja@gmail.com
sarveswarareddysathi@gmail.com uschaitanyagupta776@gmail.com).
constructions. The rest of the paper is organized as mentioned
below. The motivation, related works, system architecture and
design is explained in section II, III, IV and V respectively.
Section VI discuss about the experimental results of the work.
Section VII and VIII concludes the paper with conclusion and
future work respectively.
II. MOTIVATION
As the technology inclines, the precision and manipulation
of actuators plays an important role in determining the
efficiency of equipment and machines. Among all, BLDC
motors are one of the highest efficient motors. The
construction of electronic controllers is the first step to
commence the research in the field of actuator development.
The motivation of this research work is to give comprehensive
idea of control model techniques and analysis of BLDC motors
using MATLAB.
III. RELATED WORKS
The Simulink based control models in this research paper
[1] introduces a cost effective technique for speed estimation
with various scrutiny clearly elucidated. In the research study
published in [2], the authors presented the modelling of five
phase signal generation for induction motor controller of
BLDC motor. The research paper [3] provides a brief
information on PWM signal generation for BLDC motor drive
which can be useful to avoid fault occurrence in the system.
The research work in [4] gives information on position
compensation technique for uneven hall effector magnetic flux
which can be useful to run the motor even in irregular sensor
reading. The research work in [5] delineates the precision
control of BLDC motor. The authors in research work [6]
presented a detailed expression on position control of four
switch BLDC motor which can give a brief understanding of
sensor less BLDC motor and signal generation of BLDC
motors. In the research work [7], the author provides brief
overview on speed measurement of BLDC motors based on 3
phase signal generation. The real time experiment of BLDC
motors for electric vehicle is clearly implemented and
elucidated in the research work [8]. The performance analysis
of BLDC motor using various signal generation are carried out
in the research work [9]. In the research work [10], the author
carried out a clear dynamic analysis of BLDC motors with
appropriate mathematical modelling.
Motor Control Design for Position
Measurement and Speed Control
Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Senior Member, IEEE, Shree Rajesh Raagul Vadivel, Bhanu Teja Pula,
Sarveswara Reddy Sathi, Member, IEEE, and Uppala Sai Chaitanya Gupta
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International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing, April 4-6, 2019, India
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