Effective speed control of brushless DC motor using cascade 1PDf-PI controller tuned by snake optimizer

Abstract This paper introduces a cascade one proportional derivative incorporating filter (1PD f )-proportional integral (PI) controller abbreviated as c-1PD f -PI to deal effectively with the speed control issue of brushless DC (BLDC) motors. Two problems exist with implementing this controller such as iterated integral overflow and derivation-based chattering owing to the noise. The former is resolved by using an equivalent expression for the integral operation, while the latter is addressed by putting a first-order filter on the derivative term. To achieve the best performance from the controller, snake optimizer (SO) is fruitfully employed for optimizing the controller parameters without need for expert knowledge/interpretation. Here, a more reasonable cost function to assess the candidate solutions is also described. Simulations and laboratory experiments using DSP of TI TMS320F28335 are performed and the results are presented which show that the reference tracking performance, torque disturbance capability and robustness of the c-1PD f -PI controller have potential. These results are also contrasted by those offered by PI and 1PD f speed control schemes individually, affirming the superior performance of our proposal. As per the results, discussion and observation of this research, we stress that good performance and simplicity are salient advantages of the c-1PD f -PI controller, rendering it a good alternative over the complicated controller designs.