Simple, Low-Cost Dynamometer Setup for Motor Testing (Part 2) (.PDF Download)

In Part 1, I overviewed the technical details that impacted the design decisions for the dynamometer. In this article, I describe the final dynamometer system that the students on the Motor Torque Test Bench team (MTTB) built for me.

The Solution

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the dynamometer’s architecture. Table 1 describes each of the dynamometer components with the reasons for selection.