Abstract
Motion control education in engineering requires hands-on experiments to catch the concept of feedback control, but experimental apparatus for motion control experiments is expensive, complex in mechanism and is hard to use it in general. In this paper, we develop an easy-to-use and economic experimental apparatus for motion control education using an open-source free operation system LINUX and a free real-time kernel RTAI. The developed apparatus is reliable in mechanical structure, and fast enough to realize 100 microsecond sampling time for real-time control purpose, and so it can test conventional PID control logics, various input shaping control logics and advanced motion control logics with cheap prices. The validity of the developed motion control apparatus is demonstrated by testing P, PD control logics and ZV input shapers experimentally.
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- Experimental Apparatus Search this journal for Experimental Apparatus (opens in a new tab)
- Motion Control Search this journal for Motion Control (opens in a new tab)
- Real-Time Control Search this journal for Real-Time Control (opens in a new tab)
- Engineering Education Search this journal for Engineering Education (opens in a new tab)
- Control Education Search this journal for Control Education (opens in a new tab)
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- Experimental Apparatus Search this journal for Experimental Apparatus (opens in a new tab)
- Motion Control Search this journal for Motion Control (opens in a new tab)
- Real-Time Control Search this journal for Real-Time Control (opens in a new tab)
- Engineering Education Search this journal for Engineering Education (opens in a new tab)
- Control Education Search this journal for Control Education (opens in a new tab)
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