Control of Electric Motors


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Book:
Marc Bodson, Control of Electric Motors, independently published through Amazon, ISBN: 979-8542651507, June 2023.

Available at:  www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7FH9T42

Corrections: errata


Software labs and simulation models

Experiments are performed using a variety of models in Matlab/Simulink.
Help with Matlab and Simulink: help_with_matlab_and_simulink

 Lab handouts: softlabs.pdf
Recommendations for the preparation of reports: reports.pdf

 Blank Simulink file: blank.mdl. Common Simulink blocks: common_blocks.mdl
Right-click on the file name and use "Save as" or "Save link as" to save the mdl files.

Lab 1:   Introduction to Simulink – Preview results: Lab1.mp4
Lab 2:   Open and closed-loop control of a single-phase motor – Preview results: Lab2.mp4
Lab 3:   Modelling of the brush DC motor (Lab3.mdl) – Preview results: Lab3.mp4
Lab 4:   Control of a brush DC motor (again Lab3.mdl) – Preview results: Lab4.mp4
Lab 5:   Open-loop control of a stepper motor (Lab5.mdl) – Preview results: Lab5.mp4
Lab 6:   Brushless DC motor control with six-step commutation (Lab6.mdl) – Preview results: Lab6.mp4
Lab 7:   Position control of a brushless DC motor (Lab7.mdl) – Preview results: Lab7.mp4
Lab 8:   Slip control of induction motors (Lab8.mdl) – Preview results: Lab8.mp4
Lab 9:   Field-oriented control of induction motors (Lab8.mdl) – Preview results: Lab9.mp4

Simulink tutorial videos

The tutorials below show how to perform the tasks of Lab 1, in addition to giving other useful information.
The tutorials and the mdl files were developed using version 2017A of Matlab/Simulink.
Some details may have changed and need to be adjusted with newer versions.

Simulink tutorial - Part 1 (mp4) (wmv)  simulation of a first-order linear time-invariant system
Simulink tutorial - Part 2 (mp4) (wmv)  implementation of a PI controller, viewing signals on a scope, and embedded m-files
Simulink tutorial - Part 3 (mp4) (wmv)  useful settings and additional features
Simulink tutorial - Part 4 (mp4) (wmv)  saving figures and block diagrams for reports

Videos - Inside electric motors

Single-phase AC motors (mp4) (wmv)
Brush DC motors (mp4) (wmv)
Stepper motors (mp4)
Brushless DC motors (mp4)
Induction motors (mp4)

Tutorials on electric machines and sources for surplus motors

Web page: usefullinks.html

Free reference for basics of systems and control

Textbook: Foundations of Control Engineering, available at: https://www.ece.utah.edu/~bodson/ifs/


This web page is maintained by Professor Marc Bodson, of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. Please see the University of Utah Web disclaimer. For questions or comments, please send an e-mail to marc.bodson@utah.edu.

Last updated: May 29, 2024