The supply voltage is constant throughout the operation, the PWM signal duty cycle controls fan speed. Precise speed control is difficult. Seamless speed control. Limited in reducing speed below that which corresponds to the minimum threshold voltage. The minimum speed achieved can be below DC fans. Possibility of motor stalling below the minimum threshold voltage. No chance of motor stalling. Commonly used as chassis fans with low power consumption.
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The purpose of fans should be quite obvious: Their perpetual rotation keep the air in motion - which moves cool air to an object or hot air away from one. If they are rare then the fan will rotate slowly, and if they are frequent then it will spin fast. But the thing is: The fans have to be able to deal with the constant fluctuation! This means they have to be more complex inside, which of course makes them more expensive than their simpler counterparts. From the outside on the other hand you will be hard-pressed to find a difference — with the main exception of the connector: Regular fans have three pins, the PWM colleagues feature one more for the fan control.
Which of course means that the motherboard, where these pins are connected to, must support them. A 2-wire fan has power and ground terminals. A 4-wire fan has power, ground, a tach output, and a PWM-drive input. PWM, in brief, uses the relative width of pulses in a train of on-off pulses to adjust the level of power applied to the motor. A 2-wire fan is controlled by adjusting either the dc voltage or pulse width in low-frequency PWM. However, with only two wires, a tach signal is not readily available.
This means that there is no indication as to how fast the fan is running—or indeed, if it is running at all. This form of speed control is open-loop. A 3-wire fan can be controlled using the same kind of drive as for 2-wire fans—variable dc or low-frequency PWM.
The difference between 2-wire fans and 3-wire fans is the availability of feedback from the fan for closed-loop speed control. The tach signal indicates whether the fan is running and its rate of speed. It is always valid, since power is continuously applied to the fan. With low- frequency PWM, however, the tach signal is valid only when power is applied to the fan—that is, during the on phase of the pulse.
Because the tach output is typically from an open drain, it will float high when the PWM drive is off , as shown in Figure 1. In order to be sure of a correct fan speed reading under PWM control, it is necessary to periodically switch the fan on long enough to get a complete tach cycle.
In addition to the power, ground, and tach signal, 4-wire fans have a PWM input, which is used to control the speed of the fan.
Instead of switching the power to the entire fan on and off , only the power to the drive coils is switched, making the tach information available continuously.
Switching the coils on and off generates some commutation noise. Figure 2 shows the differences between 3-wire and 4-wire fan circuits. The main advantages of this are guaranteed fail-safe cooling and a very simple external circuit. However, because the fan is always switched on, its lifetime is reduced and it uses a constant amount of power—even when cooling is not needed. Also, its incessant noise is likely to be annoying. This method is also very easy to implement. The fan is switched on only when cooling is needed, and it is switched off for the remainder of the time.
The user needs to set the conditions under which cooling is needed—typically when the temperature exceeds a preset threshold.
It has a comparator that produces a THERM output—one that is normally high but switches low when the temperature exceeds a programmable threshold. By the number of wires — pins that a fan has — we can distinguish three main types of connections. A signal is sent via this third wire with a certain frequency that is proportional to the fan speed, expressed in RPM revolutions per minute.
The third type of fans that use four wires are PWM fans and that is what will be discussed in this article, along with PWM pumps. PWM Pulse Width Modulation or modulation with the width of an impulse, is a widespread term in the world of electrical engineering. It has a broad range of application, like in the field of telecommunications, audio equipment, servo motors, etc.
Interesting for us enthusiasts is the application of PWM in voltage regulation. Some of you probably already know the principle on which pulse width modulation PWM works, but nevertheless, we will explain how it actually controls the speed of a fan or a pump. In short, PWM operates like a switch which constantly cycles on and off, thereby regulating the amount of power the fan or pump motor gains.
To have a better understanding how this works, take a look at the chart bellow. So, the motor is being fed impulses of power. Imagine it the same way as if you were to turn the wheel with your hand. You can push the wheel every 5 seconds with the same amount of force, and you will keep the wheel spinning. In that case, you would notice that the wheel is spinning a bit faster, and in almost the same way is how the Pulse Width Modulation works.
The speed of the motor, i. It is important to know that there is no voltage regulation involved here, and by using PWM regulation the motor is constantly being fed 12 volts. For that reason, the 4-pin motherboard header should be used only for one fan, or eventually two, by using the Y-splitter.
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