Burgos, Justine Jhorryeth Caryl P.

Dimapilis, Paula Bianca S.

BSECE 4-1
Lab Experiment 7: DC Motor Characteristics
I. Objective:
The objective of the experiment is to show how a permanent
magnet D.C. motor may be controlled by varying the magnitude and
direction of its armature current and recognize the torque/speed
characteristic of the D.C. Motor
II. Materials:

 MATLAB

 LabVIEW
 DC Servo System (feedback equipment)
a. OU150A Op Amp Unit
b. AU150B Attenuator Unit
c. PA150C Pre-Amplifier Unit
d. SA150D Servo Amplifier
e. PS150E Power Supply
f. DCM150F DC Motor
g. IP150H Input Potentiometer
h. OP150K Output Potentiometer
i. GT150X Reduction Gear Tacho
j. DC Voltmeter

III. Theory and Procedure:

This experiment will illustrate the characteristics of the
D.C. motor used in the Modular Servo and show how it can be
controlled by the Servo Amplifier.
The motor is a permanent magnet type and has a single armature
winding. Current flow through the armature is controlled by
power amplifiers as in figure so that rotation in both
directions is possible by using one, or both of the inputs. In
most of the later assignments the necessary input signals are
provided by a specialized Pre-Amplifier Unit PA150C, which
connected to Inputs 1 and 2 on SA150D
 Figure: Armature Control

Figure: DC motor armature-controlled rotational actuator

As the motor accelerates the armature generates an

increasing 'back-emf' Va tending to oppose the driving voltage
Vin. The armature current is thus roughly proportional to (Vin -
Va). If the speed drops (due to loading) Va reduces, the current
increases and thus so does the motor torque. This tends to
oppose the speed drop. This mode of control is called
'armaturecontrol' and gives a speed proportional to Vin as in
figure.

Model of the armature-controlled DC motor:

The model of the armature-controlled DC motor has been
developed in many text books in particular (Dorf and Bishop,
2008).
The final block diagram is as follows:

Model Simulation using Simulink:

Prerequisite to this section is a mathematical
understanding of the elctro-mechanical model of a DC motor.
Student should be able to understand how electrical terms
(voltage, current, emf) interact with mechanical terms (speed,
position) via electro-magnetic circuit (inductance). The
students should be able to understand and derive the
mathematical model of a DC motor.
The motor torque, T, is related to the armature current, i,
by a constant factor Kt. The back emf, e, is related to the
rotational velocity by the following equations:

In SI units (which we will use), Kt (armature constant) is equal

to Ke (motor constant).

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