Title :
Software switch for motion controllers
Author :
Agrawal, Jai P. ; Farook, Omer ; Sekhar, Chandra R.
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
A software switch is realized to achieve motion control using DC motors. The controller, utilizing an interrupt driven software switch scheme, is capable of implementing several real-time control strategies such as the continuously variable or discrete switching frequency control, continuously variable or discrete pulse-width control and phase control of PWM converters. The control methodology is adaptable to diverse industrial application settings. The switching scheme is implemented using the C++ language environment, on the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus based platform. Implementation in software, provides the capability of executing complex control schemes and supervisory functions which are easy to implement, update and adapt to different applications without much overhead
Keywords :
DC motors; PWM power convertors; digital control; frequency control; machine control; motion control; phase control; power engineering computing; real-time systems; switching; C++ language environment; DC motors; Industry Standard Architecture bus based platform; PWM converters; continuously variable pulse-width control; continuously variable switching frequency control; discrete pulse-width control; discrete switching frequency control; industrial application; interrupt driven software switch; motion control; motion controllers; phase control; real-time control strategies; software switch; Application software; Computer architecture; DC motors; Industrial control; Instruction sets; Motion control; Phase control; Pulse width modulation converters; Switches; Switching frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1994., Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1993-1
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1994.377665