Electric Machines Virtual Laboratory: Testing of DC Motor

Abstract This article describes the realization of testing the characteristics of a DC motor on Simulink as a virtual laboratory. Testing of DC motors based on real conditions in a physical laboratory by combining two DC machines coupled to shafts including DC motors and DC generators. The types of DC motors tested include separately excited DC motors, shunt DC motors, and series DC motors. The implementation of the Simulink model adopts the wiring diagram in the real test. The test procedure is also adopted on the real test procedure. The data from the test results are made in DC motor characteristics graph. Virtual laboratory using Simulink can be used to realize DC motor testing, including test procedures, running no-load DC motors, increasing the load of DC motors with infinitely simulation features on Simulink. The results of the study show the characteristics of the experimental data for all types of DC motors tested according to the theory.