Motor-amplifier, Voltage drive, Current drive – Galil DMC-2X00 User Manual
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Motor-Amplifier
The motor amplifier may be configured in three modes:
1. Voltage Drive
2. Current Drive
3. Velocity Loop
The operation and modeling in the three modes is as follows:
Voltage Drive
The amplifier is a voltage source with a gain of Kv [V/V]. The transfer function relating the input
voltage, V, to the motor position, P, is
(
)(
)
[
]
P V
K
K S ST
ST
V
t
m
e
=
+ 1
1
+
where
T
RJ K
m
t
=
2
[s]
and
T
L R
e
=
[s]
and the motor parameters and units are
Kt
Torque constant [Nm/A]
R
Armature Resistance
Ω
J
Combined inertia of motor and load [kg.m2]
L
Armature Inductance [H]
When the motor parameters are given in English units, it is necessary to convert the quantities to MKS
units. For example, consider a motor with the parameters:
Kt = 14.16 oz - in/A = 0.1 Nm/A
R = 2
Ω
J = 0.0283 oz-in-s2 = 2.10-4 kg . m2
L = 0.004 H
Then the corresponding time constants are
Tm = 0.04 sec
and
Te = 0.002 sec
Assuming that the amplifier gain is Kv = 4, the resulting transfer function is
P/V
=
40/[s(0.04s+1)(0.002s+1)]
Current Drive
The current drive generates a current I, which is proportional to the input voltage, V, with a gain of Ka.
The resulting transfer function in this case is
P/V
=
Ka Kt / Js2
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