Methods and apparatus for detecting aging and predicting failures in BLDC and PMSM motors

An apparatus comprising:

• a polling circuit that acquires telemetry data associated with a motor, the telemetry data comprising:
• a plurality of timestamps;
• and
• for each timestamp in the plurality of timestamps, phase currents (Iu, Iv, Iw), phase voltages (Vu, Vv, Vw), and at least one motor parameter associated with the timestamp;
• an age factor detection circuit that:
• computes aging factors for the motor from the telemetry data, the computing comprising performing one or more calculations on at least a portion of the motor parameters, the one or more calculations comprising averaging or regression analysis;
• and
• determines at least one potential failure condition based on the aging factors;
• and
• a notification circuit that outputs, to a user interface, a notification based on the at least one potential failure condition.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for acquiring telemetry data associated with a motor, the telemetry data stored in a processor-readable memory and comprising:
• a plurality of timestamps;
• and
• for each timestamp in the plurality of timestamps, phase currents (Iu, Iv, Iw), phase voltages (Vu, Vv, Vw), and at least one motor parameter associated with the timestamp;
• means for computing aging factors for the motor from the telemetry data, the means for computing comprising means for performing one or more calculations on at least a portion of the motor parameters, the one or more calculations comprising averaging or regression analysis;
• means for determining at least one potential failure condition based on the aging factors;
• and
• means for outputting, to a user interface, a notification based on the at least one potential failure condition.