Simulation of a miniature DC motor: Investigating the use of haptics and sound in detecting ripple torque

Author

Ahmad, Yasmin ; Afanah, Ayman ; Lowther, David A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1247

Lastpage

1250

Abstract

The numerical analysis of electromagnetic devices can generate large volumes of data describing the performance of the device. To date, this information has been provided to the user either as sets of numeric data or in graphical form. However, modern personal computers are actually capable of producing other forms of output. Among these are force feedback and sound systems. These are common in computer gaming but have not been explored in any depth in scientific result evaluation. This paper investigates the possible benefits in result understanding which may accrue from using these systems

Keywords

DC motors; computational electromagnetics; digital simulation; electromagnetic devices; force feedback; haptic interfaces; micromotors; torque; computational electromagnetics; computer gaming; electromagnetic devices; force feedback systems; miniature DC motors; personal computers; ripple torque detection; sound systems; Audio systems; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Computer simulation; DC motors; Electrical equipment industry; Force feedback; Haptic interfaces; Torque; Virtual reality; Computational electromagnetics; force-feedback; result presentation; sonification;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2006.872422

Filename

1608439