| Abstract |
This paper describes a structured and coherent system for the teaching of Field oriented control (FOC) to graduate students and engineers in industry. The system consists of a learning stage and an implementation stage. During the learning stage, the engineer is taught the fundamentals of FOC via the block diagram form of the machine equations in an easy-to-follow step-by-step manner. He then learns how to design controllers to implement FOC, and conducts simulations of his system using high-level simulation packages. ln the second stage he implements his design on a programmable high speed controller. This controller is easy to program, and allows the engineer to concentrate on the control issues involved, and to not get bogged down in microprocessor issues. Using this educational system, the time involved for the whole process typically takes less than six months. This includes undestanding of the theory, the development of computer simulations, the design of the controllers, and the full documentation of the project. |
