BLDC Fan RPM vs. PWM Duty Cycle

A simpleminded MOSFET circuit provides PWM drive for the BLDC blower:

BLDC Fan PWM Test Fixture - schematic
BLDC Fan PWM Test Fixture – schematic

The Tek P6302 current probe looms much larger in real life than in the schematic:

BLDC fan PWM Test Fixture
BLDC fan PWM Test Fixture

A quick dataset shows the RPM variation against PWM duty cycle:

BLDC Blower - RPM vs PWM - doodles
BLDC Blower – RPM vs PWM – doodles

Unsurprisingly, the RPM curve resembles the earlier results against a variable DC supply voltage:

BLDC Blower - RPM I P vs V
BLDC Blower – RPM I P vs V

Capturing the current waveform is stalled behind another project, but it has exactly the voltage spikes you’d expect from forcibly switching an inductive load.

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