Course Overview
Covers transformers, rectifiers, voltage regulators, power supplies, dc motors, electric drives, speed torque characteristics of dc motors, braking conditions of dc motors, speed control of electric drives and selection criteria for choosing a servomotor.
Credits
5.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the dangers of electrical energy and use safe practices for handling electrical circuitry.
- Describe the operation of transformers, autotransformers, rectifiers and voltage regulators.
- Design DC regulated power supplies.
- Test a transformer and determine its polarity, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation and efficiency under different load conditions.
- Construct the speed torque characteristics of a DC motor under different loading conditions and control methods.
- Describe motor control methods.
- Design and build motor control circuits.
- Evaluate and select a servomotor under loading conditions.
- Develop software for controlling a DC motor system.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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