A microprocessor-controlled DC servo-drive with spill-over field weakening

The thesis presents a speed-control scheme for a separately-excited DC motor using a microprocessor. The control strategy incorporates both armature-voltage control and spill-over field weakening. The armature voltage is controlled in closed loop using a lead term in series with an integral term. The analogue Lead-Integral (LI) controller parameters were obtained and optimised by observing the system time response in successive digital simulations. The parameters determined provide the motor with a fast response and minimum speed overshoot during transient operations. The analogue LI controller was emulated to form a digital filter using the bilinear transformation and implemented in a 16-bit microprocessor using floating point arithmetic. [Continues.]