Electromagnetic

Braking System
Name: William Gaskey, Sandip Mistry, Duy Nguyen, Jee Yoon
Team No.: 4
Course/Section: ELET4308/12652
Instructor: Dr. Farrokh Attarzadeh
University of Houston
College of Technology
Semester: Fall 2006
 Outline
• Executive Summary
• Product Requirements
• Design Alternatives
• Design Specifications
• Design Description
• Construction Details
• Costs
• Conclusions
• Questions & Comments

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 Executive Summary
• Objective: Design an electromagnetic
braking system
– Replacing the conventional braking system
– Less cost with greater performance
– No need for maintenance and/or replacement
• Research: Other types of electromagnetic
braking system
– Electromagnetic braking system with brake pads
– Eddy-current braking system

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 Product Requirements
• Overall
– Power supply to power the system
– Hub and spindle assembly to simulate the actual
spinning of the rotor
– Custom made rotor with metal arranged for the
most effective result
– Brake pedal to simulate the real environment
– Three electromagnets to generate braking force

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Product Requirements (cont’d)
• Hardware and Software
– 8051 microcontroller
• Reading the braking level from pedal
• Varying the braking force through duty cycle
– Custom built circuit board
• Regulating input voltage
• Powering up the 8051 µC
• Amplifying the output voltage to electromagnets

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 Design Alternatives
• Permanent magnets mounted on the wheel
– Cleaning issue
– Magnet arrangement issue
– Electromagnetic field around other mechanical
components issue
• Metallic material region all around the wheel
– Electromagnetic field dispersion issue
– Not enough braking force

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 Design Specifications
• Mini-Max 51-C2 8051 Microcontroller
• 2001 Toyota Corolla hub and spindle
assembly
• Three GP-2030/24VDC electromagnets
• MC2 Microcon pedals

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Design Specifications (cont’d)
• General view
– Pedal Pedal DC
power
– 8015 Microcontroller supply
5 [V]
– Circuit board Input
output
42 [V]
power
– Electromagnets 12 [V]
power
Circuit
– DC power supply 8051 µC
board
Square
Wave Amplified
output

EM

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 Design Description
• Circuit board
– LM317T voltage
regulator to regulate
input voltage
– BUK-555 60A
MOSFET as a
switch

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 Design Description
• Programming
Start
– Voltage reading by ADC
– ADC by convert() Parameter Setup

function Voltage Reading

– ON and OFF state by

OFF State
setbit() and clrbit()
– Generate delay by Generate Delay

generate_delay()
ON State
function
Generate Delay

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 Construction Details

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 Costs

Project Cost
Category Cost

Parts $ 627.35
21% 3%
Labor $15,000.00 Parts
Labor
Equipments
Equipments $ 4,183.43
76%
Total $19,810.78

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 Conclusions
• Project was completed on schedule and
within budget thanks to donations
• Supplier issues caused the purchase of
weaker magnets than intended for design
• Good results with current design, a larger
budget would improve performance
• The project proves the theory and shows the
potential for a full functional system

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 Questions & Comments

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