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PWM inside feedback loop

Hi

I'm attempting to control a brushed DC motor using an analogue PWM chip inside a feedback loop. I'm currently doing some modelling in simulink with a proportional controller, a pwm stage, a motor's electrical component I=(V-E/(Ls+R) and a current as the feedback. My input demand is therefore torque or current.

I have a problem such that when I increase the proportional loop gain so that I get a decent step response, the input to the pwm module tends to follow the internal sawtooth reference signal, causing the pwm output to do stange things......It tends to output a much higher frequency signal as the pwm input makes multiple transitions above and below the sawtooth waveform during one cycle.

Now, is this just a practical limit when a pwm module is placed in the feedback loop (control action limited to 0-100% pwm)? or am I overlooking something somewhere???

Thanks for any advice in advance

Cheers

Steve Minshull

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Steve Minshull
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It sounds like the bandwidth of the feedback signal is way too high. You obviously cannot take any action in less than one PWM cycle, so don't try. Slew-rate-limit or low-pass filter that feedback signal so it cannot make multiple transitions in the PWM signal.

-Robert Scott Ypsilanti, Michigan (Reply through this forum, not by direct e-mail to me, as automatic reply address is fake.)

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