Dynamic pole configuration control

A method for dynamically controlling pole configurations of an electric machine, comprising:

• receiving, by a controller, input data indicating information associated with the electric machine;
• determining, by the controller and based on the input data, one or more desired pole numbers of the electric machine;
• and
• setting, based on the one or more desired pole numbers, magnetic polarities of multiple virtual poles, included in a field circuit of the machine, and an armature circuit of the electric machine, to create one or more effective poles,
• wherein the one or more effective poles include one or more virtual poles, of the multiple virtual poles, that are associated with generating at least one of a flux, a speed, a torque, or a power related to the electric machine.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a pole configuration device, cause the pole configuration device to:
• receive input data indicating information associated with an electric machine;
• determine, based on the input data, a desired pole configuration of the electric machine;
• control, based on the desired pole configuration, magnetic polarities of multiple virtual poles, included in a field circuit of the electric machine, and an armature circuit, of the electric machine, for a first time period to create a first set of effective poles and a second time period to create a second set of effective poles;
• wherein the first set of effective poles includes a first set of virtual poles, of the multiple virtual poles, that are associated with generating at least one of a first flux, a first speed, a first torque, or a first power related to the electric machine, and
• wherein the second set of effective poles includes a second set of virtual poles, of the multiple virtual poles, that are associated with generating at least one of a second flux, a second speed, a second torque, or a second power related to the electric machine.