Hi Andrew,
Mark is right - have a look at the Premotec website to see series and parallel connection.
sp
Mark is right - have a look at the Premotec website to see series and parallel connection.
sp
nigelwright7557 said:Speed control could be done using a micro but it would involve a PID control algorithm if you want it spot on.
Not necessarily so if you use a DDS oscillator. Which is the obvious thing to do with a micro in this matter IMO.
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B.t.w. the Premotec and Thorens motors simply run from 230V by a series resistor.
The Thorens is a synchronous AC motor that runs on 110Vac and uses a voltage dropping circuit (with mains rated capacitor) to reduce the supply from 220/240Vac to ~110Vac. Both windings run on that 110Vac but the extra capacitor in one feed forces the current to be out of phase in one of the windings and that determines the direction of rotation.Pjotr said:B.t.w. the Premotec and Thorens motors simply run from 230V by a series resistor.
The Premotec appears to be different if these last two posts are correct.
Well, they can't both be correct:- one says resistor and the other says series for a 240Vac supply.
Hi Andrew,
Of coarse one of the phases runs through a phase shifting capacitor but the motor in total runs through a voltage dropping resistor.
Have a look here and download the service manual (probably you need to register to be able to download): http://www.vinylengine.com/library/thorens/td160.shtml
There a voltage dropping resistor of 5K6 is stated but have seen TD160 with a 10K / 2W dropping resistor.
Cheers
Of coarse one of the phases runs through a phase shifting capacitor but the motor in total runs through a voltage dropping resistor.
Have a look here and download the service manual (probably you need to register to be able to download): http://www.vinylengine.com/library/thorens/td160.shtml
There a voltage dropping resistor of 5K6 is stated but have seen TD160 with a 10K / 2W dropping resistor.
Cheers
Hi Pjotr, my long gone Rega 3 also used the parallel connection with a dropping resistor. Would this arrangement give better performance than the series connection or maybe just less power and less vibration?
Regards, sp
Regards, sp
Pjotr said:
Not necessarily so if you use a DDS oscillator. Which is the obvious thing to do with a micro in this matter IMO.
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I did say COULD.
The DDS would at least not chop up the mains to control the motor. Chopping the mains results in masses of noise.
A burst control could be used but care would have to be taken not to introduce DC by allowing odd cycles through.
A phase locked loop is another possibility.
nigelwright7557 said:I did say COULD.
You did say:WOULD as it concern a micro

A PID is more complex than DDS if you want to implement it in a micro. But with a DDS generator there is no objection to output a analogue sine signal in the end if you wish and feed it to a power amp.
Cheers 😉
Pjotr said:
You did say:WOULD as it concern a microBur anyway there are more ways to Rome.
A PID is more complex than DDS if you want to implement it in a micro. But with a DDS generator there is no objection to output a analogue sine signal in the end if you wish and feed it to a power amp.
Cheers 😉
It depends on which type of PID you use.
There is a 3 stage formula that is quite easy to implement based on the last 3 error values. I found the same PID could be used from everything from fast control to controlling a multi ton drum that mixed cement !
You basically alter the gain and sampling period of the PID to match.
In fact there are millions of drills in Germany running that PID !
Ehh……….., it concerns a synchronous ac motor here that takes up just a few watts, not a multi ton drum or a drill. That only needs 2 sine waves of the correct voltage and frequency in quadrature (90 degrees phase shifted).
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Pjotr said:Ehh……….., it concerns a synchronous ac motor here that takes up just a few watts, not a multi ton drum or a drill. That only needs 2 sine waves of the correct voltage and frequency in quadrature (90 degrees phase shifted).
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Your method sounds like quite a lot of curcuitry.
A triac is a pretty cheap method.
Nigel, these aren't induction motors, they are permanent magnet synchronous motors so changing frequency is the only effective speed control.
Even on an induction motor like a Garrard, a triac speed control is very definite backwards step.
Even on an induction motor like a Garrard, a triac speed control is very definite backwards step.
Mark Kelly said:Nigel, these aren't induction motors, they are permanent magnet synchronous motors so changing frequency is the only effective speed control.
Even on an induction motor like a Garrard, a triac speed control is very definite backwards step.
Ok with you now.
nigelwright7557 said:Your method sounds like quite a lot of curcuitry.
That is correct and that is why there is no simple circuit to find on this board for AC TT speed control. And why good commercial ones are huge expensive (around 2 K$).
Cheers 😉
My solution uses a handful of CMOS chips which are 50c each. You could probably program a uC to do the same functions for even less money.
The analogue side will add another $100 or so if you want first class performance, less if you'll accept a compromise solution. The power supply is anything from $10 up - I happen to like SLAs so that's a bit more.
The analogue side will add another $100 or so if you want first class performance, less if you'll accept a compromise solution. The power supply is anything from $10 up - I happen to like SLAs so that's a bit more.
It can be done relatively simple. Some 10 years ago I build a variable AC supply for my Thorens TD160. As I noted in post #6, I did use a power Wien-bridge oscillator: A LM3875 power amp chip wired as a Wien-bridge oscillator and a door bell transformer at the output. Amplitude stabilisation was done by a 6V / 50mA standard light bulb.
The thing was remarkable stable But when I replaced the TT belt for a new one the TT ran spot on directly from the mains, so the thing was recycled for other purposes.
Cheers 😉
The thing was remarkable stable But when I replaced the TT belt for a new one the TT ran spot on directly from the mains, so the thing was recycled for other purposes.
Cheers 😉
Re: TTPSU
Thanx - this is a great help!!
Dew
dukasound said:Look at this project
http://www.norre.dk/TTPSU/TTPSU.html
Thanx - this is a great help!!
Dew
Re: TTPSU
This looks very similar to what i did a few years ago using a 90S8515. As the AVR has so many ports i used two 8-bit outputs with a variable phase shift followed by two DAC0800 and Valhalla-style high voltage amps.
dukasound said:Look at this project
http://www.norre.dk/TTPSU/TTPSU.html
This looks very similar to what i did a few years ago using a 90S8515. As the AVR has so many ports i used two 8-bit outputs with a variable phase shift followed by two DAC0800 and Valhalla-style high voltage amps.
Ah, you guys with your "Kit" controls are trying to get out cheap! What you need is a Wavetek digital frequency generator set to 60 Hz, Sine wave. Put the output into a McIntosh 275 power amp, one channel inverted, and drive each phase of the motor with that 🙂
Won't work, you'll have 180 degrees phase shift.
In the development phase of my controller I used an HP3326A dual channel frequency synthesiser with internal high stability reference to synthesise the quadrature waveforms. The frequency stability is around 1ppb, step size is 0.1 mHz, phase angle selection to 0.01 degree, distortion better than -80dB. I described it at the time as the penultimate motor controller.

In the development phase of my controller I used an HP3326A dual channel frequency synthesiser with internal high stability reference to synthesise the quadrature waveforms. The frequency stability is around 1ppb, step size is 0.1 mHz, phase angle selection to 0.01 degree, distortion better than -80dB. I described it at the time as the penultimate motor controller.
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