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 ABSTRACT

CONTROLLING AC MOTOR USING ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER

Nithesh Reddy Nannuri, M.S.

Department of Electrical Engineering
Northern Illinois University, 2014
Donald S Zinger, Director

Space vector modulation (SVM) is a technique used for generating alternating current

waveforms to control pulse width modulation signals (PWM). It provides better results of PWM

signals compared to other techniques. CORDIC algorithm calculates hyperbolic and

trigonometric functions of sine, cosine, magnitude and phase using bit shift, addition and

multiplication operations.

This thesis implements SVM with Arduino microcontroller using CORDIC algorithm.

This algorithm is used to calculate the PWM timing signals which are used to control the motor.

Comparison of the time taken to calculate sinusoidal signal using Arduino and CORDIC

algorithm was also done.

 NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

DEKALB, ILLINOIS

DECEMBER 2014

CONTROLLING AC MOTOR USING ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER

BY

NITHESH REDDY NANNURI

©2014 Nithesh Reddy Nannuri

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE DEGREE

MASTER OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Thesis Director:
Dr. Donald S Zinger
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Donald S. Zinger for his continuous

support and guidance in this thesis work as well as throughout my graduate study.

I would like to thank Dr. Martin Kocanda and Dr. Peng-Yung Woo for serving as

members of my thesis committee.

I would like to thank my family for their unconditional love, continuous support,

enduring patience and inspiring words. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and everyone

who has directly or indirectly helped me for their cooperation in completing the thesis.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………… v

LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………….. vi

Chapter

1. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………. 1

1.1 Scalar control ……………………………………………. 1

1.2 Vector control ……………………………………………. 1

1.3 Arduino UNO …..………………………………………… 2

1.4 Space vector modulation ……………………………………….. 3

1.5 CORDIC …..………………………………………… 3

1.6 Thesis Organization …..………………………………………... 4

2. ARDUINO UNO …………………………………………….. 6

2.1 Summary of Arduino UNO ………………………………………. 8

2.2 Power supply …..………………………………………….. 9

2.3 Input and output ……………………………………………... 9

2.4 Communication …………………………………………….... 10

2.5 Programming and reset ………………………………................... 11

Chapter Page

2.6 Atmega328 ……………………………………………………… 11

2.7 Arduino UNO software …………………………………………. 14

3. SPACE VECTOR MODULATION …………………………………. 15

3.1 Switching states …………………………………………….... 15

3.2 Voltage space vectors ...……………………………………….... 18

3.3 Vector analysis of the inverter ………………………………….. 20

3.4 Calculation of switching times ………………………………….. 23

3.5 Switching sequence ……………………………………………. 25

4. CORDIC ……………………………………………………………. 27

4.1 Operation of CORDIC in rotating mode ……………..……..... 27

4.2 Implementing CORDIC ………………………………………… 31

4.3 Steps for implementing CORDIC ………………………………. 34

5. RESULTS ……………………………………………………………… 36

6. CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………… 39

6.1 Future scope of work …………………………………………….. 39

REFERENCES ………………………………………………………. 40

APEENDIX: CODE LISTING ……………………………………... 42

 LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

1. Summary of Arduino UNO …………………………………………….. 8

2. Relation between space vectors and switching states ………………....... 22

3. Seven-segment switching sequence …………………………………….. 26

4. Lookup table for the values of tan-1(2-i) ……………………………….. 32

 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

1. Arduino UNO microcontroller board 7

2. Block diagram of Atmega328 13

3. Selecting Arduino UNO board 14

4. A voltage source inverter 16

5. Eight switching states of three-phase inverter 17

6. Representation of V1 (PNN) in ,  plane 18

7. Non-zero voltage vectors in ,  plane 19

8. Representation of zero-vector in ,  plane 20

9. Generating vector 𝑉̅ s from 𝑉̅ 1, 𝑉̅ 2 and 𝑉̅ 7 23

10. Seven-segment switching sequence in sector 1 25

11. Perfect rotation of a vector in a plane 28

12. General implementation of CORDIC 31

13. Flow chart of implementation of CORDIC 35

14. CORDIC generated for 300 37

15. PWM waveforms for frequency 50 Hz using CORDIC 38

 CHAPTER-1

INTRODUCTION

Three-phase induction motors are widely used in many applications and several methods

are available to control the speed and torque of the motor. By varying the load, speed of the

motors can be controlled and energy can be saved. There are a few techniques involved in

controlling the speed of the motor. They are classified as scalar control and vector control. [1]

1.1 Scalar Control:

In scalar control method speed can be varied by changing the supply frequency which

results in change of impedances. This change of impedances might increase the current or

decrease it. If the current is small, torque of the motor decreases. Frequency and impedances are

directly proportional and if frequency decreases, coils can be burned or saturation can occur in

the iron of coils. To avoid this both voltage and frequency are varied at the same time,

compensating the disadvantages of changing frequency alone.

1.2 Vector Control:

Field-oriented control is one of the methods of vector control. Direct torque control

(DTC) and direct self-control methods also work with vectors. The field-oriented control works

with the principle of rotating vectors in a complex coordinate system. Here magnitude and

phase are controlled with change in current. With this field components are uncoupled,
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establishing two independent currents: flux-producing current and torque-producing current

which can be used to control current and flux independently. Induction motor loses its

complexity and high performance can be realized [2] by maintaining 900 electrical angles

between uncoupled control currents.

This control technique can be carried out by applying system and coordinate

transformations to the basic equations of the motor. Alternating and sinusoidal quantities

become non alternating quantities. Magnitude and phase of supply voltage or current can be

modified by back-transformation with three phase quantities.

Scalar control method is cheap and simple compared with field-oriented control. It

controls magnitude of voltages and frequency instead of controlling phase and magnitude of

currents. On the other hand, field-oriented control method controls the current and operates with

fast responses.

1.3 Arduino UNO:

Arduino UNO is a microcontroller based on ATMEGA328. It has 14 digital input/ output

pins out of which six pins can be used as PWM outputs, six analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic

resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header and a reset button. It contains

everything needed to support microcontroller. Simply connect it to a computer via USB or else

connect directly with a battery to get started. [3]

Arduino UNO can be programmed with Arduino software. The open-source Arduino

environment makes it easy to write code and upload it to I/O board through USB. It runs on all
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platforms like Windows, Mac OSX and LINUX. CORDIC algorithm and Space vector

modulation are implemented by using Arduino microcontroller. The switching times are

calculated by implementing the code through Arduino.

1.4 Space Vector Modulation (SVM):

Space vector modulation is used for controlling pulse width modulation (PWM). This is

the one of the best methods available for PWM signals. It is used for the creation of AC

waveforms. Usually SVM works well if all the three output voltages of the inverter on the

motor are taken into account for generating switching patterns.

There are eight switching states for the inverter at any instant of time. These states are

represented by stationary vectors, out of which six vectors are active vectors and the remaining

two vectors are zero vectors. The output at any instant of time is given by the reference vector

Vref, which can be synthesized by three stationary vectors. The on and off times of the inverter

switch are calculated and the switching sequence is chosen to minimize the number of

switching.

1.5 CORDIC:

CORDIC abbreviates COordinate Rotation Digital Computer. It is an algorithm designed

to compute trigonometric and hyperbolic functions using bit shift, addition operations by

eliminating multiplication operations. This can be operated in vector mode and rotating mode.

The angle whose cosine or sine has to be found is stored in an accumulator and each step is

obtained by direction of rotation of the vector, based on the sign of residual angle.
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The CORDIC equations in rotation mode are given by:

x(i+1) = x(i) – di . 2-i. y(i)

y(i+1) = y(i) + di . 2-i. x(i)

z(i+1) = z(i) – di .tan-1(2-i)

where di = -1 if z(i) < 0, +1 otherwise. [4]

‘x’ is started with the value of constant 1/K and is obtained by the product of cosine

values. At each iteration ‘x’ and ‘y’ values are updated. ‘z’ values are updated to zero to make

error as low as possible and at certain iteration ‘z’ value becomes zero. At the end, ‘x’ value

gives cosine of the angle and ‘y’ value gives sine of that particular angle. The sign of ‘d’ depends

on angle of rotation.

1.6 Thesis Organization:

In this thesis SVM is implemented by Arduino UNO microcontroller using CORDIC

algorithm. The second chapter deals with the Arduino UNO board, discussing the digital pins,

power supply and the microcontroller associated with it. The features of Arduino and its software

are discussed in the second chapter.

The third chapter deals with the space vector modulation. The representation of reference

vector, how the switching states are represented and the calculation of switching times are

discussed there. The selection of switching sequence is important to reduce harmonic effects and

the procedure is represented there.

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The fourth chapter includes the calculation of sine and cosine of a particular angle using

CORDIC algorithm eliminating the need for multiplication. The fifth chapter contains the results

obtained from Arduino software and the waveforms associated with it. Conclusions and future

work to extend this thesis are mentioned in the sixth chapter.

 CHAPTER-2

ARDUINO UNO

Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can

affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors and other actuators. The microcontroller on

the board is programmed using the Arduino Programming Language and the Arduino

development environment. Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate with

software running on a computer. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-

to-use hardware and software. It is a single-board microcontroller (microcontroller built onto a

single printed circuit board).

Arduino UNO is based on ATmega328. It has 14 digital input/output pins of which six can

be used as PWM outputs. It has six analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator, a USB

connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to

support the microcontroller and is connected to the computer using USB cable or AC-DC adapter

or battery to get started. [3] Figure [1] shows an Arduino UNO microcontroller board.
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Figure 1: Arduino UNO microcontroller board [3]

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2.1 Summary of Arduino UNO:

Table 1: Summary of Arduino UNO.

ATmega328
Microcontroller

5V
Operating voltage

7V - 12V
Input voltage

6V – 12V
Output voltage ( limits)

16 ( 6 PWM pins)
Digital I/O pins

6
Analog input pins

40 mA
DC current per I/O pin

50 mA
DC current for 3.3V pin

32 KB
Flash Memory

2 KB
SRAM

1 KB
EEPROM

16 MHz
Clock Speed
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2.2 Power Supply:

The Arduino can be powered via USB connection or external power supply. Power

source is selected automatically. External power can come from AC-DC supply or battery. The

board can be operated on an external supply of 6V- 20V. The recommended voltage is 7V- 12V.

If the board is supplied with less than 7V, it will be unstable, and if it is supplied with more than

12V, the voltage regulator is overheated and may damage the board.

VIN: The board is supplied with 5V through USB or from an external battery.

5V: This pin outputs a regulated 5V from the regulator onto the board. Power can be supplied

with DC jack (7V – 12V), USB connector (5V), or the VIN pin on the board.

3.3V: A 3.3V volt supply is generated by on-board regulator.

GND: Ground pin.

IOREF: Provides the voltage reference with which microcontroller operates. Selects the

appropriate power source or enables voltage translators on the output working with 5V or

3.3V.[3]

2.3 Input and Output:

Each pin in the board can be used as input or output pin using pinMode( ), digitalWrite( )

and digitalRead( ) functions. Each pin is operated with 5V.

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 Serial: 0 (RX) and 1 (TX). Used to receive (RX) and transmit (TX) TTL serial data.

These pins are connected to the corresponding pins of the ATmega8U2 USB-to-TTL

Serial chip.

 External Interrupts: 2 and 3. These pins can be configured to trigger an interrupt on a

low value, a rising or falling edge, or a change in value.

 PWM: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11. Provide 8-bit PWM output.

 SPI: 10 (SS), 11 (MOSI), 12 (MISO), 13 (SCK). These pins support SPI

communication using the SPI library.

 LED: 13. There is a built-in LED connected to digital pin 13. When the pin is HIGH

value, the LED is on; when the pin is LOW, it's off.

 The UNO has six analog inputs, labeled A0 through A5, each of which provides 10 bits

of resolution. By default they measure from ground to 5 volts.

 TWI: A4 or SDA pin and A5 or SCL pin. Support TWI communication using the Wire

library.

 AREF. Reference voltage for the analog inputs.

 Reset. Bring this line LOW to reset the microcontroller. Typically used to add a reset

button to shields which block the one on the board. [3]

2.4 Communication:

Arduino UNO has several ways of communication with computers, other Arduinos or

from other microcontrollers. ATmega328 provides UART TTL serial communication, which is

available on digital pins 0 (RX) and 1 (TX). Arduino software has serial monitor which allows
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simple data to be sent to and from Arduino board. RX and TX LEDs will flash while data is

being transferred via USB through the computer.

2.5 Programming and Reset:

Arduino UNO can be programmed with Arduino software. It comes with a boot loader

that allows uploading the new code without any external hardware programmer. Arduino

software uses Arduino C language which is similar to C++. Once the coding is over, it is

uploaded to the board through USB. While uploading TX and RX, LEDs will flash. Choose the

board as Arduino UNO and select serial port from serial port menu. This is likely to be COM3 or

higher.

Arduino UNO has reset button in the board. When it is pressed, the board will reset.

Instead of doing so, UNO is designed in a way that allows it to reset by software running on a

connected computer.

2.6 ATMega328:

Atmega328 is an 8-bit microcontroller with 32x8 general purpose-working registers. It

has an on-chip 2-cycle multiplier. High-endurance non-volatile memory segments include 32K

bytes of in-system self-programmable flash memory program, 1 K bytes of EEPROM and 2K

bytes of internal SRAM. The write/erase cycles are set to 10,000 Flash/100,000 EEPROM.

The peripheral features of Atmega328 are:

 Two 8-bit timer/counters with separate prescaler and compare Mode

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 One 16-bit timer/counter with separate prescaler, compare Mode, and capture mode

 Real-time counter with separate oscillator

 Six PWM Channels

 8-channel 10-bit ADC in TQFP and QFN/MLF package

 6-channel 10-bit ADC in PDIP Package

 Programmable Serial USART

 Master/Slave SPI Serial Interface

 Byte-oriented 2-wire Serial Interface (Philips I2C compatible)

 Programmable Watchdog Timer with Separate On-chip Oscillator

 On-chip Analog Comparator

 Interrupt and Wake-up on Pin Change

It has 23 programmable I/O lines. The operating voltage is in between 1.8V – 5.5 V and the

temperature range is -400 C to 850 C.

Atmega328 is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller based on AVR-enhanced RISC

architecture. Atmega328 achieves 1 MIPS per MHz by executing powerful instructions allowing

the system designer to optimize power consumption versus processing speed. [5] See Figure 2.
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Figure 2: Block diagram of Atmega328 [5]

The AVR core combines a rich instruction set with 32 general-purpose working registers.

All the 32 registers are directly connected to the arithmetic logic unit (ALU), allowing two

independent registers to be accessed in one single instruction executed in one clock cycle. The

device is manufactured using Atmel’s high-density non-volatile memory technology. Atmega328

is a powerful microcontroller that provides a highly flexible and cost-effective solution to many

embedded control applications. [5]

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2.7 Arduino UNO Software:

Arduino UNO has its own software. It is similar to ‘C’ language. Code has to be written

in the software provided and uploaded the code to the board which is connected to the computer

using USB cable. When using development software, selection of Arduino UNO board and serial

port is important as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Selecting Arduino UNO board

 CHAPTER-3

SPACE VECTOR MODULATION

In recent years, Space vector modulation (SVM) is used for controlling three-phase PWM

inverters. This is the one of the best available methods for PWM signals. It is an advanced

control mechanism that generates three-phase AC voltages of the desired magnitude and

frequency at the output of the inverter. To implement SVM a reference signal Vref is sampled

with frequency fs (fs = 1/Ts) [6]. For generating switching patterns the output voltages of the

inverter are taken into account. The vectorial representation was first presented in the

contributions of Park [7] and Kron [8].

3.1 Switching States:

The voltage source inverter is shown in the Figure 4. A voltage source inverter can have

only eight switching states because the input lines are never shorted and the output current is

always continuous. These eight switching states are shown in the Figure 5. These states are

represented by stationary vectors, out of which six vectors are active vectors and the remaining

two vectors are zero vectors.

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Figure 4: A voltage source inverter [9]

Each of the terminals ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ has only two levels with respect to ‘N’, Vg and 0 where Vg

is the DC bus voltage. Therefore the switching state for each terminal can be denoted by ‘P’ and

‘N’. Here state ‘P’ represents when upper switch is ON and the output voltage of the inverter

becomes +Vg. ‘N’ represents the state when lower switch is ON and the voltage will be zero.

Each of the eight switching states can be therefore denoted with three terms consisting of either

‘P’ or ‘N’.
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Figure 5: Eight switching states of three-phase inverter

inverter
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3.2 Voltage Space Vectors:

Space vector modulation is expressed as vectors in two-dimensional plane. Considering

topology V1 (PNN) which is shown in the Figure 5, the line voltages VAB, VBC and VCA are given

by

VAB = Vg

VBC = 0 and

VCA= -Vg

This can be represented in the Figure 6, where line voltages are displaced in 1200. The A, B and

C are connected to either positive or negative DC rail. In PNN, phase A is connected to positive

DC rail and phases B and C are connected to negative DC rail as shown in the Figure [6].[10]

VBC
VAB = Vg -VCA
VBC = 0 Vg

VCA= -Vg

V1 (PNN)
VCA -Vg

VAB
Figure 6: Representation of V1 (PNN) in , plane
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Accordingly, similar non-zero vectors (V1 – V6) can be shown in positions as shown in

the Figure 7. The area enclosed by two adjacent vectors within the hexagon is defined as a

sector and those six sectors are as shown below.

j

V3 V2

2
3 1
V1 
V4
5 4 6
5

V5 V6
Figure 7: Non-zero voltage vectors in , plane

The output line voltages generated by topologies V0 (PPP) and V7 (NNN) are as follows:

VAB = 0

VBC = 0 and

VCA = 0

These vectors are called zero vectors and hence the magnitude of these voltage vectors is zero.

They assume their position at the origin in the plane as shown in Figure 8. [10]
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VAB = 0

VBC = 0 VBC
VCA = 0
V7, V8

VCA VAB

Figure 8: Representation of zero-vector in  plane

3.3 Vector Analysis of the Inverter:

The switching states of the inverter are represented by six active vectors V1 – V6 and two

zero vectors V0 – V7. The inverter in balanced condition is represented as

V AO (t) + V BO (t) + VCO (t) = 0 (3.1)

where V AO (t), V BO (t) and V CO (t) are load phase voltages. So, if any of the two voltages are

given, the third one can be calculated by using the above equation [9].

The three phase voltages can be transformed into two phase variables in  plane as follows:

VAO(t)
V(t) 1 1/2 1/2
= 2/3
V(t) VBO(t) (3.2)
0 √3/2 √3/2

VCO(t)
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Instead of analyzing the whole system, one could analyze looking at each phase.

Any space vector can be expressed in terms of two phase voltages in plane as

𝑣̅ (t) = V(t) + j*V(t) (3.3)

Put equation (3.2) in (3.3):

2 j2∏ j4∏
𝑣̅ (t) = * VAO (t)*ej0 + VBO (t)*e 3
+ VCO (t) * e 3
(3.4)
3

For the switching state V2 (PPN), generated voltages are:

VAO (t) = Vg/3

VBO (t) = Vg/3

VCO (t) = -2*Vg/3

The load voltages can be obtained by substituting eq (3.4) in to eq (3.3) and denoted by 𝑉̅ 2:

2
𝑉̅ 2 = *Vg* e j∏3 (3.5)
3

Similarly, all six vectors can be obtained by the following equation [9]:

2
𝑉̅ n = *Vg* e j(𝑛−1)∏ where n= 1 to 6 (3.6)
3 3

See Table 2.
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Table 2: Relation between Space Vectors and Switching States [9]

Space Vector Switching State On-state Switch Vector Definition

𝑉̅ 0 PPP S1,S3,S5 𝑉̅ 0 = 0

𝑉̅ 7 NNN S4,S6,S2 𝑉̅ 7 = 0

𝑉̅ 1 PNN S1,S6,S2 2
𝑉̅ 1 = *Vg* e j0
3

𝑉̅ 2 PPN S1,S3,S2 2
𝑉̅ 2 = *Vg* e j∏3
3

𝑉̅ 3 NPN S4,S3,S2 2
𝑉̅ 3 = *Vg* e j2∏
3 3

𝑉̅ 4 NPP S4,S3,S5 2
𝑉̅ 4 = *Vg* e j3∏
3 3

𝑉̅ 5 NNP S4,S6,S5 2
𝑉̅ 5 = *Vg* e j4∏
3 3

𝑉̅ 6 PNP S1,S6,S5 2
𝑉̅ 6 = *Vg* e j5∏
3 3

The reference vector can be generated by zero-vector and the vector enclosing a sector.

The reference vector rotates at an angular velocity of 2∏ times the fundamental frequency of the
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inverter output voltage. The inverter output voltage would have rotated one complete cycle if the

reference voltage completes one complete revolution thereby creating an AC waveform [11].

Direction of reference vector determines the direction of rotation of motor. [9]

3.4 Calculation of Switching Times:

By rotating the reference vector ̅𝑉 s around space vector diagram, modulation can be

achieved. By adding all the vectors with in one switching period of Ts, modulation can be

achieved. Both maximum deviation of current for switching states and cycle time should be

small to achieve the required PWM [12]. Vector diagram for calculating duty cycles is as shown

in Figure 9.

𝑉̅ 2

𝑉̅ s
T2

θ
𝑉̅ 0 𝑉̅ 1
T1
Figure 9: Generating vector 𝑉̅ s from 𝑉̅ 1, 𝑉̅ 2 and 𝑉̅ 7

Duty cycle can be calculated from above. If the vector is in sector 1, the output reference

vector can be calculated using (3.7):

𝑇𝑠 𝑇1 𝑇1+𝑇2 𝑇𝑠
∫0 ̅
𝑉𝑠 dt = ∫
0
𝑉̅ 1dt+ ∫
𝑇1
𝑉̅ 2 dt+∫
𝑇1+𝑇2
𝑉̅0 dt (3.7)

where T1, T2 and T0 are duty cycles of vectors 𝑉̅ 1, 𝑉̅ 2 and 𝑉̅ 0 respectively.

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For high switching frequencies, reference vector is constant during time Ts; vectors 𝑉̅ 1

and 𝑉̅ 2 are constant and 𝑉̅ 0 = 0 [12]. So, eq (3.7) becomes

𝑉̅s ̣∙ Ts = 𝑉̅ 1 ∙ T1 + 𝑉̅ 2 ∙ T2 (3.8)

and Ts = T0 + T1+ T2 (3.9)

Representing the space vectors in rectangular coordinates, we have

cos θ 2 1 cos θ
𝑉̅ s * Ts * = T1* V * 2
+ T2* 3 Vg
sin θ 3 g (3.10)
0 sin θ

Solving the above equations:

1
̅𝑉 s * Ts *cos θ = T1* 2 Vg + T2* 2 Vg *
3 3 2

√3
̅𝑉 s * Ts *sin θ = T2* 2 Vg * (3.11)
3 2

Solving this equation using (3.9) gives

̅𝑠
√3∗𝑇𝑠∗ 𝑉
T1 = sin (60 – θ)
𝑉𝑔

̅𝑠
√3∗𝑇𝑠∗ 𝑉
T2 = sin (θ)
𝑉𝑔

T0 = Ts - T1 – T2 (3.12)

With the help of eq (3.12) we can calculate switching times in all the sectors and a

multiple of angle 600 has to be subtracted from the actual angle so that the resultant lies in the

first sector.
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The switching times are calculated using Arduino UNO microcontroller using CORDIC

algorithm and these times are used to generate PWM signals which can drive the inverter and

make the motor to run.

3.5 Switching Sequence:

Several variations in SVM can be obtained varying null vector from ̅𝑉0 to ̅𝑉 7 providing

different switching performances. Different configurations can be obtained by arranging zero

vectors in the seven-segment switching sequence. One of such configuration is shown in the

Figure 10.

𝑉̅ 0 𝑉̅ 1 𝑉̅ 2 𝑉̅ 0 𝑉̅ 2 𝑉̅ 1 𝑉̅ 0

VAN
Vg
VTs0

VBN
Vg
0
VTs

VCN Vg

VTs0
T0 /4 T1 /2 T2 /2 T0 /2 T1/2 T2 /2 T0 /4

Ts

Figure 10: Seven-segment switching sequence in sector 1

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In the above sequence, all the duty cycles T0, T1 and T2 sum up to get the sampling period Ts. The

switching frequency will be equal to sampling frequency when the inverter switch turns on and

off per sampling frequency. Moving from one sector to other sector doesn’t need any switching

[9].

This sequence is used to generate the PWM signals (Table 3) and is fed as input to the

motor to make it run. In this thesis switching times are generated using Arduino microcontroller

using CORDIC algorithm to compute sine of the angles.

Table 3: Seven Segment Switching Sequence

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CORDIC

CORDIC means COordinate Rotation Digital Computer. It is an iterative algorithm for

calculating trigonometric functions, magnitude and phase using simple lookup tables, bit shifts,

addition and subtraction operations avoiding multiplications. CORDIC is also used to calculate

hyperbolic functions. So it is used for hardware implementations. It was developed by Jack

E.Volder in 1959 [13].

CORDIC revolves around the idea of rotation. Compared to other approaches, this is

highly recommended when hardware multiplier is unavailable like microcontroller. Table lookup

methods and power series are faster than CORDIC when hardware multiplier is available.

4.1 Operation of CORDIC in Rotating Mode:

This algorithm is based on rotation of a vector in a plane (Figure11) [14]. Let 𝑅̅ be the

vector with initial points as (X0, Y0). If the vector is rotated by certain angle θ, let the new

endpoints after rotation be (Xn, Yn). The algebraic representation of the vector is expressed as:

Xn = X0* cos θ - Y0* sin θ

Yn = X0* sin θ + Y0* cos θ (4.1)

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The magnitude of the vector is assumed to be constant. So, the implementation of CORDIC

involves four multiplications and two addition operations and also evaluation of cos θ and sin θ.

The multiplications can be eliminated by restricting the angles of rotation to powers of 2 [11].

Yn (Xn, Yn)

(X0, Y0)
Y0

x
Xn X0

Figure 11: Perfect rotation of a vector in a plane

Angle ‘θ’ can be decomposed into smaller angles and the sum of all angles equals to the

original angle:

θ = ∑∞
𝑖=0 𝜃 i (4.2)

This makes sure that angle ‘θ’ will be equal to the product of all rotations by addition of all the

individual angles. By this micro rotation using (4.1), we get

Xn = X0* cos θi - Y0* sin θi

Yn = X0* sin θi + Y0* cos θi (4.3)

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But multiplications need to be eliminated in order to implement CORDIC. So, by

modifying (4.3), we get

Xn = cos θi (X0- Y0* tan θi)

Yn = cos θi (X0*tan θi + Y0) (4.4)

Now the angle θi is chosen as multiples of tan-1(2-i), so that angle tan θi becomes di * 2-i

(di takes values +1 or -1). This guarantees that multiplications can be done using shift operations.

Assuming cos θi to be constant, which is the scaling factor Ki:

Xn = Ki [(X0- Y0* di * 2-i)]

Yn = Ki [(X0* di * 2-i + Y0)] (4.5)

The original angle is broken down to microangles and hence the relation:

Rotation (θ) = ∏∞
𝑖=0 𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (θi) (4.6)

Ki is calculated in advance as single constant if number of iterations is fixed.

K = ∏∞
𝑖=0 𝐾 i (4.7)

But Ki = cos θi, substituting in the above equation:

K = ∏∞
𝑖=0 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (θi)

K = ∏∞
𝑖=0 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (tan (2 ))
-1 -i
(4.8)

K = 0.60725293………….
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Even though the angular rotation is done with positive or negative sign, K value remains

constant.

Third variable is used to keep track of total rotation to store angle θ after the

decomposition:

Zn = Z0 – di* θi

Zn = Z0 – di* tan-1(2-i) (4.9)

The values of tan-1(2-i) are stored in the lookup table. The complete set of three equations is

given as follows:

Xn = Ki [(X0- Y0* di * 2-i)]

Yn = Ki [(X0* di * 2-i + Y0)]

Zn = Z0 – di* tan-1(2-i) (4.10)

where di = ±1.

Equation (4.10) requires addition operation, bit shift operations and look up table. The

general implementation of CORDIC is shown in Figure 12. The main aim is to eliminate Zn and

the direction of rotation determines the sign of di. At iteration ‘i’ (0< i <n-1) the coordinates

become Xi+1, Yi+1 and Zi+1, which are given as

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Xi+1 = Ki [(Xi- Yi* di * 2-i)]

Yi+1 = Ki [(Xi* di * 2-i + Yi)]

Zi+1 = Zi – di* tan-1(2-i) (4.11)

Figure 12: General Implementation of CORDIC [11]

4.2 Implementing CORDIC:

Initially vector is rotated by an angle ‘θ’. At each iteration, the direction of rotation is

chosen to minimize Zi to zero. The equations are given as

Xi+1 = Ki [(Xi- Yi* di * 2-i)]

Yi+1 = Ki [(Xi* di * 2-i + Yi)]

Zi+1 = Zi – di* tan-1(2-i)

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The desired angle of rotation is obtained by performing a series of successively smaller

elementary rotations, where i = 0, 1, 2 … n-1.

Let the desired angle be 200, that is, Zi = 200. For each iteration if Zi > 00 subtract the

iteration angle from Zi or else if Zi < 00 add the current iteration angle to Zi and make appropriate

Xi and Yi calculations. See Table 4.

Table 4: Lookup Table for the values of tan-1(2-i)

i tan θ = 2- θ = tan-1(2- Zi Rotation Final

i i
) Angle

0 1 45 20 -45 25

1 1/2 26.565 -25 26.565 1.565

2 1/4 14.036 1.565 -14.036 -12.47

3 1/8 7.125 -12.47 7.125 -5.436

4 1/16 3.576 -5.436 3.576 -1.77

5 1/32 1.79 -1.77 1.79 0.20

6 1/64 0.895 0.20 -0.895 -0.875

Table 4 Continued.
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7 1/128 0.448 -0.875 0.488 -0.387

8 1/256 0.224 -0.387 0.224 -0.163

…… …… …… …… …… ……

19 …… …… 0.000195 …… ……

With the help of the above implementation, it took almost 20 iterations to calculate angle

of 200. Irrespective of direction of rotation, cos θi (cos θi = cos (-θi)) becomes constant. So as Zi

approaches zero, the final equations become

Xn = K* [X (0) * cos θ – Y (0) * sin θ]

Yn = K* [Y (0) * sin θ + X (0) * cos θ]

Zn = 0 (4.12)

X (0) and Y (0) are chosen as 1/K and 0 respectively to eliminate the K value. The final values

are:

Xn = cos θ

Yn = sin θ (4.13)

Using the Arduino we calculated the angles instead of using long lookup tables which

consume a lot of time and also memory. Usually around 15 iterations would give the accurate
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results and is used for most of the applications. This algorithm is used to compute trigonometric

functions without the use of multiplications. The algorithm converges as long as the rotation

angle is within the bounds [14]:

θmax = ∑∞
𝑖=0 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (2 ) = 99. 88 .
-1 -i 0

In this thesis CORDIC is used for computing sine waves for calculating switching pulse

width modulated waveforms and duty cycles of the inverter switches.

4.3 Steps for Implementing CORDIC:

The CORDIC algorithm is used to calculate the duty cycles of stationary vectors. Steps

involved in computing CORDIC are given below:

1. Start

2. Compute lookup tables

3. Start with an angle Zi = angle , x = 1/K and y =0

4. If Zi > 0 then di =1 or else di = -1

5. Compute new value ‘x’, new ‘X’

6. Compute the new value ‘Y’ and Z’

7. Assign to ‘x’ the new value of ‘X’

8. Compute new value of ‘z’ using lookup table

9. If it the end of iteration, return the ‘y’ value or else go to step 4.

10. Stop
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Figure 13 shows the implementation of CORDIC as flowchart.

Start

Compute lookup table values

Start with an angle Zi , x = 1/K, y

=0

Yes No

Zi >0
di = 1 di = -1

Compute new value of x

Compute new values of ‘y’ and ‘z’

Assign ‘x’ to new value of 'X

Compute new values of ‘z’ using

lookup table

No
End of
iterations

Yes

Return ‘y’ value

Stop

Figure 13: Flow chart of implementation of CORDIC

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CHAPTER-5

RESULTS

Using Arduino SVM is implemented using CORDIC algorithm. The results of using

CORDIC to calculate switching times in SVM are given below.

In the Figure 14, CORDIC was implemented for angle 300. ‘x’ value gives the cosine

value and ‘y’ value gives the sine of angle 300. To justify the use of the CORDIC algorithm, a

comparison of the time used in calculating the sine with the CORDIC algorithm to the standard

sine function was done. To get an accurate measure of the calculation time, 27 iterations of the

CORDIC algorithm was completed. The time taken to complete one-iteration is 1.92 μs which is

less than traditional method of implementing sine wave. The time taken for implementing sine

wave for different angles using traditional method was 4.90 μs.
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Figure 14: CORDIC generated for angle 300

Figure 15 shows the pulse width modulated signals for sectors 1-6 which are operated at

a frequency of 50Hz.
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Figure 15: PWM waveforms for frequency 50 Hz using CORDIC

 CHAPTER-6

CONCLUSION

Switching cycles of the inverter are generated and space vector modulation has been

implemented to calculate the switching times for different frequencies. The pulse width

modulated signals were generated using CORDIC algorithm and then fed as input to the motor.

All these calculations were implemented using Arduino microcontroller.

CORDIC algorithm takes less time in computing the sine values compared to any other

methods which are used to generate sine values. It helps in reducing size of the lookup table and

the results are accurate.

6.1 Future Scope of Work:

The work can be extended to control motor speed using V/Hz method and, before

changing the speed of the motor, check its limits. Implementation of space vector modulation

using unbalanced condition (V AO (t) + V BO (t) + VCO (t) ≠ 0) can also be tried.
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 APPENDIX

CODE LISTING

CORDIC IMPLEMENTATION:

long cordic_lookup [ ] =
{
0x20000000L,
0x12E4051EL,
0x09FB385BL,
0x051111D4L,
0x028B0D43L,
0x0145D7E1L,
0x00A2F61EL,
0x00517C55L,
0x0028BE53L,
0x00145F2FL,
0x000A2F98L,
0x000517CCL,
0x00028BE6L,
0x000145F3L,
0x0000A2FAL,
0x0000517DL,
0x000028BEL,
0x0000145FL,
0x00000A30L,
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0x00000518L,
0x0000028CL,
0x00000146L,
0x000000A3L,
0x00000051L,
0x00000029L,
0x00000014L,
0x0000000AL,
0x00000005L
};
#define ITERS 27
void setup ()
{
Serial.begin (57600) ;
long elapsed = micros () ;
for (long i = 0 ; i < ITERS ; i++)
elapsed = micros () - elapsed ;
Serial.print ("time taken for ") ;
Serial.print (ITERS) ;
Serial.print (" iterations = ") ;
Serial.print (elapsed) ;
Serial.println ("us") ;
Serial.print (elapsed / ITERS) ;
Serial.println (" us/iter") ;
test_cordic (0x20000000L, true) ;
}
void test_cordic (long angle, boolean printres)
{
long xx = 607252935L ;
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long yy = 0L ;
for (int i = 0 ; i <= 27 ; i++)
{
long zi = cordic_lookup [i] ;
long xnew = yy >> i ;
long ynew = -xx >> i ;
if (angle < 0L)
{
angle += zi ;
xx += xnew ;
yy += ynew ;
}
else
{
angle -= zi ;
xx -= xnew ;
yy -= ynew ;
}
}
if (!printres)
return ;
Serial.print ("angle=") ;
Serial.print ("30") ;
Serial.print (" end x = 0.") ;
Serial.print (xx) ;
Serial.print (" end y = 0.") ;
Serial.println (yy) ; }
void loop (){
}
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CALCULATION OF PULSE WIDTH MODULATED SIGNALS USING CORDIC:

long cordic_lookup [ ] =
{
0x20000000L,
0x12E4051EL,
0x09FB385BL,
0x051111D4L,
0x028B0D43L,
0x0145D7E1L,
0x00A2F61EL,
0x00517C55L,
0x0028BE53L,
0x00145F2FL,
0x000A2F98L,
0x000517CCL,
0x00028BE6L,
0x000145F3L,
0x0000A2FAL,
0x0000517DL,
0x000028BEL,
0x0000145FL,
0x00000A30L,
0x00000518L,
0x0000028CL,
0x00000146L,
0x000000A3L,
0x00000051L,
0x00000029L,
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0x00000014L,
0x0000000AL,
0x00000005L
};

int ledPin1 = 9;
int ledPin2 = 10;
int ledPin3 = 3;

int val_a = 0;
int val_b = 0;
int val_c = 0;

void setup()

{
pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledPin3, OUTPUT);

void loop()

int dt;
{
int t1 =0;
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int t2 = millis();
dt = t2-t1;
t1=t2;
return;
}
const float pi = 3.14;
float k= dt*0.1*pi+k;

int n;
float rad = 60 * pi/180.0;
if (k>rad);
{
k= k-rad;
n= n+1;
}

float Ts = 255;

float T1;
float T2;
float T0;

T1 = sqrt(3)*Ts*sin(rad*n-k);
T2 = sqrt(3)*Ts*sin(k-(n-1)*rad);
T0 = Ts-T1-T2;
val_a = T1+T2+(T0/2);
val_b = T2+(T0/2);
val_c = T0/2;
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analogWrite(ledPin1, val_a);
analogWrite(ledPin2, val_b);
analogWrite(ledPin3, val_c);
}
//Calculation of sine values using CORDIC//
void test_cordic (long aa, boolean printres)
{
long xx = 607252935L ;
long yy = 0L ;
for (int i = 0 ; i <= 27 ; i++)
{
long zi = cordic_lookup [i] ;
long tx = yy >> i ;
long ty = -xx >> i ;
if (aa < 0L)
{
aa += zi ;
xx += tx ;
yy += ty ;
}
else
{
aa -= zi ;
xx -= tx ;
yy -= ty ;
}
}
if (!printres)
return ;
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Serial.print ("angle=") ;
Serial.print (" end y = 0.") ;
Serial.println (yy) ;
}