Has anyone looked at microchip's an 843 lately?
It's a nice example of a variable voltage-variable frequency drive for
three-phase induction motors.

It is shown with a three-phase source that is rectified and filtered.
I began thinking (scary, eh?!) that this could be fed by a 2 wire single
phase line also...and rectified with even less parts...

couldn't it?

Assuming line current is not an issue, this would result in a 3-phase
induction motor controller that could be run from a single phase line. I
don't believe I've ever seen such a product...
It seems there would be nice demand for such a thing since many places do
not have 3-phase power available....Hmmmm

Am I on to something here, or am I overlooking the obvious - or not so
obvious?

Chris

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