Pulse and Transition Measurements in Dynamic Regimes of Electrical Motors

Abstract 

The paper deals with a modern solution to measure and analyses selected parameters of any electric motor. A virtual instrument with multiple options for selecting the analyzed parameters is described. The values of motor measurement voltages, currents and speed are read from a specified folder. With the virtual instrument presented in this paper it can be see the motor currents, voltages and speed waveforms and from the acquired data and recorded a set of parameters are computed. Boolean selector determine which signals are selected from the original seven signals (three current, three voltages and speed). It can be extract portions of data from the input signals. The extract portion is defined by begin of the offset (point of start) and the length (end the extraction). This instrument allow timing and transition measurements such as: pulse duration (pulse width), duty cycle (duty factor), preshoot (%), overshoot (%), slew rate. Also this virtual instrument allow to find the first highest (maximum) and the lowest (minimum) point in a set of values in signals of currents, voltages or motor’ speed and find the time of the maximum and minimum values so determined. Knowing these values can be determined the range from the lowest point to the highest point in a set of motor’s start current and voltage. images