Graduate Course: Electric Drive Systems – Project Guide

This repository provides models, scripts, and documentation for experiments and simulations conducted in the ELE 644 Electric Drive Systems course at the American University of Sharjah, using the TI LAUNCHXL-F28379D microcontroller and Simulink.

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📂 Repository Structure

• matlab/
  Contains all project models and resources, organized by experiment:

  • 1 Blink Test/
    Simple LED blinking using CPU1/CPU2 cores.

  • 2 Open Loop Control using f28379d/
    Open-loop PMSM motor control and ADC offset calibration.

  • 3 Parameter Estimation/
    Automated Rs, Ld, Lq, Ke, J, B estimation using TI hardware.

  • 4 Quadrature Encoder Offset Calibration for PMSM Motor/
    Encoder index offset calibration using QEP sensor.

  • 5 Sensored FOC/
    Field-Oriented Control of PMSM using encoder feedback.

  • 6 Sensorless FOC/
    FOC using sensorless algorithms (Flux Observer, SMO, etc).

  • Datasheets/
    Reference datasheets for motor, drivers, and controller boards.

• report/
  Contains the official course lab guide and solution report:

  • ELE_644_Project_F28379D_Part1.pdf
    Main manual covering all setup and experiments.

  • ELE_644_Project_F28379D_Solution.pdf
    Solutions and implementation results for:

    • PMSM motor control
    • BLDC drone motor (T-Motor MN3508 + 15" carbon fiber propeller)

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🔧 Hardware Used

• TI LAUNCHXL-F28379D
• BOOSTXL-DRV8305 / DRV8301 inverter modules
• 3-phase PMSM motor with or without encoder
• DC power supply, host PC with MATLAB/Simulink

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📸 Experimental Setup

Below are sample photos from the setups used in this project.

TI F28379D + Inverter + BLDC Drone Motor

📘 Topics Covered

• Installation of Embedded Coder Support Package for TI C2000
• Simulink model deployment to TI hardware
• LED blinking using CPU1 and CPU2
• Open-loop control of PMSM
• ADC offset calibration
• PMSM parameter estimation (Rs, Ld, Lq, Ke, J, B)
• Quadrature encoder offset calibration
• Field-Oriented Control (FOC) with and without sensors

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🧠 Requirements

• MATLAB R2021a or later
• Toolboxes:
  • Embedded Coder
  • Motor Control Blockset
  • Fixed-Point Designer
  • Simulink Coder
  • C2000 Microcontroller Blockset

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📄 Documentation

• Full lab guide:
  report/ELE_644_Project_F28379D_Part1.pdf

• Solutions + Drone BLDC motor section:
  report/ELE_644_Project_F28379D_Solution.pdf

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It includes setup, model configuration, calibration steps, and control strategies with step-by-step instructions.

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📜 License

This project is provided for educational purposes under fair academic use.