E-Bike and Wheelchair

Motor Control Circuit

Team 9
Tyler Borysiak, Stephen Dunn, Myles Moore, Joshua
Lamb, Alex Sklar
Introduction

Dr. Pauliah and his sister Ms. Pauliah of the Sunrise Orphanage in Bobbili, India, are seeking a product
that can be manufactured and sold to help support the orphanage and add a low-cost medical clinic to the
existing facility.
Additional Support
Facilitator- Professor Virginia M. Ayres, Ph.D.

Sponsor- Mr. Stephen Blosser

Assistive Technology Specialist, RCPD
Problem Statement
How do we design the cheapest and most efficient
way to power a small electric vehicle?
DC Motor
DC Motors are 80-90% efficient,
but very expensive

Permanent Magnets

No need to power both Rotor

and Stator
Alternator Concepts
Typically used as battery charger

Generating Torque

Regenerative Braking

Controlling Current
Magnetic Rotary Encoder
Need absolute angle for control algorithm
The AS5132 provides this capability for around
$6.00 per chip.
365 degree resolution
PWM and Serial outputs
PWM: Convenient, single pin, slow.
SSI: More complex, more pins, fast and predictable.
Magnets
Creating a suitable field for the sensor
Diametric magnet fixed to the rotor shaft
Magnet and sensor need not physically
contact one another!
Sensing User Input
Hall effect throttle sensor
Allows for precise user input
Simple 3-wire interface
Requirements
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) / Synchronous Serial
Interface (SSI)
AMS sensor

Floating Point Operations in Real-Time

Partial Angles

Discrete Output / PWM Output

Rotor

15 General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) Ports

10 MOSFETS
4 AMS
1 Throttle
Texas Instruments Launchpad

ARM Cortex M4
Lowest ARM with Floating Point Unit
Texas Instruments TM4C123
Low Power Consumption
4 SSI Modules
Up to 43 GPIO Ports
TI Tiva C Launchpad
Additional Processor for Debugging
Easy to Develop
Software
Well Documented
Tutorials and Videos
Community

Full Access to Device

Debugging

Solutions
Energia
CCS
Code Composer Studio
Testing
Needed Data:
Rotations Per Minute
LCD Screen connected to the microcontroller with
readout from the sensor.
Electrical Power
Multimeter for Voltage and DC Current Clamp for
Amperage
Torque
Dynamometer
High-Level System
Design
Powered by four 12 Volt
batteries
DC/DC converters step down
voltage for microcontroller and
chips
Hall effect throttle and AMS
sensor provide inputs to
microcontroller
Microcontroller drives
MOSFET circuits
Cost
Prototype Costs
Finished Product
Costs
PCB
Housing
Power supplies
Demonstration
Testing Setup
Final Product Costs
(+)
Alternator
Microcontroller
Schedule

Project Definition Motor Prototype

Analysis/Development Construction
Research and
Development of Sensor Testing
Concepts Analysis/Development
Final Design
Microcontroller Construction
Analysis/Development
Final Report/
Presentation/ Design
System Day Prep
Analysis/Development

~ 2 Weeks ~ 2 Weeks ~ 6 weeks

Summary
Goals:

Make an impact on society

Engineer an efficient and cost effective design

Diverse applications