Digitally Controlled Four-Quadrant Chopper Fed DC Motor Drive (VPL-NIAD05)
Performance Investigation of Digitally and Computerized Controlled Four-Quadrant Operation of DC Motor Drive Electrical drive for studying four quadrant chopper fed DC Motor drive using latest ARM Cortex M4 32 bit Microcontrollers.
Motor Controller
- ARM Cortex M4 32-bit microcontroller for programming (STM32F407VGT6 microcontroller featuring 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F core)
- STM32F407VGT6 ARM Cortex-M4 Board featuring 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F core, 168 MHz, 1 MB Flash, 192 KB RAM in an LQFP100 package.
- On-board ST-LINK/V2 for programming and debugging with selection mode switch,Power supply: through USB bus or from an external.
- On-board ADC, DAC, USB/JTAG terminal facility
- Port pins are routed to header on mother board for easy connection and having:
- 8 General purpose input lines
- 8 General purpose output lines
- 16×2 LCD interface
- 5 keys interface.
- 3 high speed digital outputs and 2 High speed digital input lines. 6 PWM outputs, 3 QEI inputs.
- SPI bus for SPI slave interface,
- 9 Analog inputs, 2 Analog Universal outputs
- D-type connector for RS232 interfaces.
High Power Module with Protection
- Input – 230V single phase AC, Output – 220V DC suitable for 1.5 HP DC motor having proper heat dissipation arrangements
- 1200 V, 25 A diode rectifier with electrolyte DC capacitor for Input AC-DC conversion,
- Inverter Power Module with IGBT Rating @ 1200 V, 30 Amp with detailed protection and snubber circuits arrangement, interface circuit arrangement with controller using appropriate connectors, On-board driver circuit with protection and PWM isolation, IGBT with desaturation protection against overload and short-circuit.
- Over current trip circuit is provided with trip status indicator, RESET switch.
- Sensing circuit for three AC output currents, one DC current and one DC voltage. All connections terminated with banana connector.
Motor Setup
- Motor setup consists 1.5 HP, 220V, 1500 rpm, DC Shunt Motor with spring balance load arrangement for loading
- Essential speed and other sensors as per control and feedback requirement.
- Facility for self-written C program as well as model-based programming.
- MATLAB and C Language Coding support.

