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A/D Converter

Converts analog to digital

Quantization

A process which divides an analog input range into equally-divided segments

Stairstep A/D Converter uses:

Up counter / D/A Converter / Comparator

An analog sine wave input produces a:

Stepped Digital Output

Tracking A/D Converter uses:

Up/Down Counter / D/A Converter / Comparator

Tracking A/D Converter:

Continuously tracks an analog with each clock pulse

Multiplexing:

The process of putting information from several sources onto a single line or transmission path

D/A Conversion:

Generates voltage to represent the binary column values

What are the Two methods for D/A conversion:

1. Weighted


2. Scaled

Scaling Resistors:

Divide the input into fractional values

Resolution voltage

The smallest increment of voltage that can be expressed

What type of scaling does the R/2A D/A Convert us:

Scaling

Data Selector Circuits have how many inputs/outputs:

Seven Inputs / One output



Not En enables inputs A Through D. A _______ Signal is required for selection:

Low

Demultiplexer:

Accepts data one bit at a time, or in groups from a single input line.

Rotating Machine:

Any device that has a spinning, or rotating, shaft and uses electricity as the input or output.

Motor:

Device that uses an electrical input and converts it to a mechanical output.

Generator:

Device that uses a mechanical input and converts it to an electrical output.

Incremental Motor:

Electrical Input causes the shaft to rotate a specific distance in degrees

Incremental motor, or Stepper Motor, uses ________ pulses to position the shaft.

Digital

Analog Motor, or synchronous motor, uses ________ to position the shaft.

A specific magnitude of voltage

Continuous motor:

Rotates smoothly without interruptions when the input is applied.

Dynamo:

Produces a DC voltage output.

Motors and Generators both operate off the principle of:

Electromagnetism.

Speed:

How fast the shaft rotates.

Speed is measured in:

RPM

RPM is determined by:

The Applied Voltage

Torque:

Twisting force that causes the shaft of the motor or generator to rotate.

Torque is ______________ To RPM

Inversely Proportional.

As RPM Increases, CEMF _________.

Increases.

Power:

Amount of work that is accomplished.

Efficiency:

How well the motor is able to change electrical power into mechanical power.

The amount of CEMF generated is dictated by:

How fast the conductor rotates in the magnetic field.

When the conductor does not rotate, it is called:

A locked shaft or locked Rotor Condition.

Motors take ______ Energy and convert it to ______ Energy.

Electrical energy to Mechanical Energy.

The rotor is connected to the:

Output shaft

DC motors operate on the principle of

Attraction and repulsion.

DC generators operate on the principle:

When a conductor passes through a magnetic field, current or vooltage is produced.

What type of data circuit chooses one of several outputs for one input:

Distributor

What type of D/A converter uses different values of resistors:

Binary Weighted

What type of power is produced by a generator:

AC or DC

CEMF and Speed are:

Proportional

What principle of magnetism allows a generator to power its own stator winding and still generate an output voltage:

Retentivity

A/D Converter:

Converts Analog to Digital

Divide the input into fractional values:

Scaling Resistor

The smallest increments of voltage that can be expressed:

Resolution Voltage

Three Basic Types of DC Motors:

1. Shunt


2. Series


3. Compound

What are the two basic configurations of a compound motor?:

Long shunt, Short shunt.

Shunt Field Coil in Parallel with series field coil and armature:

Long Shunt

Shunt field coil in parallel with the armature only:

Short Shunt

Shunt motor used when:

High speed and constant torque are required.

________ and ________ must occur before a motor supplies mechanical power.

Speed and Shaft Rotation

Varying applied voltage is called:

Armature Control

What type of filed coil is used in a DC Series field motor:

Low Resistance

Starting current in a motor is always:

Greater than running current.

Series Motor Start/Run:

Start: High Torque


Run: Low Torque

Shunt Motor Start/Run:

Start: Low Torque


Run: High Torque

What are the two types of DC motor speed controls:

Amplitude control / Time Control

The Time that the voltage is off is called:

The Fire Angle

The time that the voltage is on is called:

The conductive angle

Time between two Clock pulses:

Pulse Repetition Time

What are the two principles factors of Motion:

1. Distance

2. Time

An increase in velocity is called:

Acceleration

Constant velocity produces:

Linear motion

Most popular motion sensors used:

1. Photo Interrupter


2. Photo Reflector


3. Magnetic Pickup

Motion Sensor correlates a change in ______ to a _______.

Velocity to a Frequence

The velocity of a point on ta rotating disk is not affected by the:

Number of sensor marks on the disk

A motion detector circuit will not sense which of the following parameters:

Position

The distance traveled from a point on the circumference of the circular object in a given time period:

Runout

How many types of compound motors are there:

2

A series field motor schematic has the shunt filed coil place in parallel with:

There is no shunt field coil in a series field motor.

Which type of compound motor is common in small dc motors:

Short shunt

Opposing the series and shunt fields causes a DC compound motor to:

Lose armature magnetic field.

The amplitude of the DC Input:

Determines the width of the pulse width modulated signal.

As a load is increased on a motor:

Current Increases

Ration between frequency and output voltage:

Conversion Factor.

Series motors are ideal for applications that require:

Large Starting Torque

The heart of any speed regulator circuit is the:

Controller

The location of an object:

Position

Devices that cause a change in position:

Generators

Analog position generators include:

1. DC servos


2. AC servos


3. Syncro


4. Transmitters

Detect a change in position

Sensors

Analog Position Sensors:

1. Resolver

2. Synchro Receivers


3. Variable Transducers

Digital position sensors are:

Encoders

Position Generators:

Use electrical input, produce a mechanical output.

Position Sensors:

Mechanical input to produce an electrical output.

Position generators and sensors normally use:

Feedback

Rate at which a motor shaft turns:

Rotational Speed

Digital Steppers:

Generators

Digital Encoders:

Sensors

Devices that change a mechanical position to an analog electrical signal:

Analog position sensors

A transformer with a movable primary coil and a fixed secondary coil:

Induction Resolver

Which device best describes an analog resistance position sensor:

Transformer

Which device best describes an analog resistance position sensor:

Potentiometer

The optimum performance reference setting provided by the system operator:

Set Point

The actual measured performance provided by sensors in the control circuity:

Process variable

Senses an error between the set point and the process variable signal:

Proportional Control

A region extending on both sides of the set point where the process variable is being controlled:

Proportional Band

Puts the set point back to its original Position:

Integral Control Mode

An action that enables the stabilization of a controlled process:

Derivative Control

Reduces the overshoot but does not aid in reaching the set point value:

PD Control

Allows the set point value to be reached, but the rise time is degraded:

PI Control

Applying a signal throughout a circuit:

Signal Injection

DC motor controls include:

1. Time Control - Pulse Width Modulation


2. Amplitude Control

4 Basic components of a Brushless DC motor:

1. Rotor


2. Stator


3. Commutation Electronics


4. Rotor Position Sensors

If angular acceleration increases while rotational inertia remains constant:

Torque Increases

If angular acceleration increases, and torque remains constant:

Rotational Inertia Decreases

If torque goes up:

Inertia goes down.

Basic Electronic sub-systems consist of:

Sensors, motor drive circuit, interface circuit and microprocessor

Hall-effect sensor detects:

Magnetic fields in the immediate area.

AC rotors are also refereed to as:

Squirrel Cage Rotors

How fast the stator magnetic field rotates is known as:

The field speed or field RPM

Difference between synchronous speed and shaft speed:

Slip Speed.

Synchronous speed:

Stator field speed / Field RPM

What factor plays an important part of scheduling ac motor maintenance:

Environment

Troubleshooting process of AC Motors:

1. Visual Inspection


2. Operational check


3. Performance

What must you do before working on electrical equipment every time:

De-energize and lock-out tag-out the equipment.

If the input voltages are missing, low, or incorrect, the problem is:

With the motor controller, fuses, or circuit breakers.

If vibrations is noticed:

Check the load for intermittent binding.

Rotary electro-mechanical position-sensing device:

Synchros

Synchros transmit information in the form of:

Voltage

The two components of a synchro:

1. Stator


2. Rotar

What two types of Synchro are there:

1. Torque Synchro

2. Control Synchro

Torque synchro used for what type of load:

Light Load

Control synchro used for what type of load:

Heavy Load

A synchro used as a transmitter or control transformer:

Transolver

Purpose of a Synchro is to:

Transfer angular information in the form of voltage.

Mechanical device containing a spinning mass that is universally mounted:

Gyroscope

The axis of rotation (spin axis) of the gyro wheel tends to remain in a fixed directional in space if no force is applied to it:

Rigidity

The axis of rotation has a tendency to turn at a right angle ( 90 degrees) to the angle of the applied force:

Procession

Ability of a gyro to keep its axis fixed in space:

Rigidity

Universally mounted gyro:

Free Gyro

Strength which a gyro resists any external force that would tilts its rotor spin axis:

Gyro Rigidity

Three Factors that Determine Gyro Rigidity:

1. Weight of rotor

2. Distribution of this weight


3. Rotor speed or rpm

A function of rotor weight and rotation:

Angular Momentum

Establishes vertical and horizontal reference point:

Gyro Perpendicular

Plane of the North/South Meridian:

Gyro Parallel

Used to detect and measure angular rates of change:

Rate Gyros

Primarily used for measuring angular rates:

Rate Gyros

Provides an indication in the form of a voltage that is proportional to the acceleration to which it is subjected:

Accelerometer

Primary data source of the INS:

Accelerometer

What stabilized platform is mostly mechanical and is susceptible to errors:

Gimbalized INS

Why is the BLDC easier to examine and repair then a conventional DC motor:

The electrical winding's do not rotate

What is the basic purpose of a photodiode array of an optical sensor:

Convert light into data

What is the relationship of torque to acceleration:

Directly Proportional

Which type of Ac motor is used for large horsepower or special applications:

Synchronous.

What troubleshooting stage allows the technician to locate the most difficult and hidden problems of the motor:

Performance Test

The torque differential transmitter always adjust a synchro system according to the

current compass heading

When synchronized, what is the output form the control transformer:

Null

For troubleshooting a synchro system ,a multi meter is used to measure:

Resistance

Which is the symptom of a shorted receiver stator winding's:

The receiver rotor locks up on the good winding's

How are components isolated for troubleshooting in a synchro system:

Flip switches, disconnected cables.

What do you do during a visual Inspection:

Check the cord

What stage do you check for proper operations:

Operational check / Stage 2

What is air gap?:

The barrings ware

Ac motors can be:

1, 2, or 3 phase

When is Torque Maximum:

Lock-Rotor

An AC motor Requires:

AC Current / Sine Wave

How many turns does an ac induction motor have:

None

What is undesirably controlled in a DC motor:

Large current

What kind of controller uses transistors:

Solid State

Where is the human operators input:

Visual

What are two type of controllers:

1. Time - Pulse Width Modulation


2. Amplitude Control

Firing Angel Effects:

Applied Voltage, Conducting Angle, Amplitude

Position Generator is also known as:

Prime Mover

Analog Position Sensor:

Resolver

CEMF Apposes

Armature voltage

What is not apart of a brushless DC motor:

Armature

A rotor in a BLDC is similar to a:

Conventional DC stator

Why is a BLDC easier to fix:

Because it inst rotating

What is the advantage of BLDC:

Higher Torque

What is the disadvantage of BLDC:

Higher Cost

What are the two types of BLDC:

1. Industrial


2. Miniature

What is the purpose of a photodiode Array:

Turns Light into Data

What are the benefits of Hall-Effect Photodiode:

1. Lower cost


2. Reliable


3. Less components

What part of the motors allows you to reverse the magnetic poles:

Commutators / Brushes

Two Basic Components of a motor are:

1. Armature


2. Pole

Voltage at the output with no load:

Offset voltage

Sensors commonly used in a closed loop feedback circuit:

1. Electrical Transducer


2. Photodiode