DC Motor Starting Current & Back-EMF Estimator implementation

Binding contract

This record describes what an executable surface must bind and validate. It does not claim that a public calculator, package, or production route is deployed.

Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t4-102

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

The specification provides no stated validation for Ra=0, which makes Ia undefined. It also leaves the speed and motor-constant units unspecified, allowing materially different back-EMF and current results.

Required corrections

No binding erratum is attached to this unique-name record. Implementers must still preserve the declared units, domain, and failure behavior.

Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "V_V": 240,
    "Ra_ohm": 1.2,
    "motor_constant_Vs_per_rad": 0.8,
    "speed_rad_per_s": 0
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "Eb_V": 0,
    "Ia_A": 200,
    "starting_current_warning": null
  },
  "working": "Eb=K_e·ω=0.8·0=0 V. Ia=(V−Eb)/Ra=(240−0)/1.2=240/1.2=200 A. Speed is zero, so this is the locked-rotor case; the warning result is null because the specification defines no warning policy."
}

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Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche4/tranche4-results.json