Motor driving device
A motor driving device includes an analog to digital conversion circuit to which a speed command voltage instructing a rotation speed of a motor is inputted, and a microcomputer configured and programmed to generate a speed command having a pulse width which is changed according to the speed command voltage based on an output signal of the analog to digital conversion circuit. Further, the motor driving device includes a signal isolator configured to transmit the speed command between an input and an output while providing isolation between the input and the output, and a drive circuit configured to generate a driving signal in response to the speed command outputted from the signal isolator and to change the rotation speed of the motor.
1. A motor driving device comprising:
a speed command voltage which is used to generate a high-voltage side speed command voltage and a low-voltage side speed command voltage;
two analog-to-digital conversion circuits to which respective ones of the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage are inputted, the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage instructing a rotation speed of a motor;
a microcomputer configured and programmed to generate a speed command having a pulse width which is changed according to the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage based on output signals of the two analog-to-digital conversion circuits;
a signal isolator configured to transmit the speed command between an input and an output while providing isolation between the input and the output; and
a drive circuit configured to generate a driving signal in response to the speed command outputted from the signal isolator and to change the rotation speed of the motor.
2. The motor driving device of claim 1 , wherein the microcomputer is configured and programmed to generate the speed command such that the pulse width changes stepwise in response to increase and decrease of the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage.
3. The motor driving device of claim 2 , wherein the microcomputer is configured and programmed to vary the pulse width of the speed command according to hysteresis characteristics in response to the increase and the decrease of the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage.
4. The motor driving device of claim 1 , wherein
the two analog-to-digital conversion circuits includes a plurality of systems so that the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage are attenuated at different attenuation rates and outputted through the plurality of systems; and
the microcomputer is configured and programmed to generate the speed command by selecting one of the plurality of systems according to the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage.
5. The motor driving device of claim 1 , wherein the microcomputer is configured and programmed to generate the speed command by gradually changing the pulse width according to changes in the high-voltage side speed command voltage and the low-voltage side speed command voltage.