Real time DC motor monitoring system using labview interfaced for Arduino / Adam Hairul Erwan

In automotive industry, applications for electric cars gradually increasing rather than today conventional cars that using internal combustion. It's due to less of energy usage, low maintenance costs and good for the environment. In this paper, we report on design and development of motor monitoring system for identify and characterized the performance of motor used in electric vehicles industry. The system was develop based on LabVIEW and open source hardware platform Arduino. Three sensors were connected to the Arduino Uno for measure the current, voltage and RPM of the motor. The reading for the sensors are real time displayed and recorded in the LabVIEW GUI. Laboratory test was conducted to relate the power consumption over certain input voltages and relation between revolution per minute (RPM) with voltage. This system will predetermine the performance of an electric motor implemented by using Arduino. The objective of this project is to monitor the performance and reliability of motor by increasing the output energy to drive an electric motor. Based on overall an electric motor performance, the data was logged and converted to excel for further research. The higher the efficiency of an electric motor, the further the electric car can go.