This lab currently offers a course, Control
Laboratory (ECE 403), which is designed to give seniors in Electrical
Engineering the opportunity to apply the knowledge obtained from previous engineering
courses to the design and analysis of feedback control systems. It is
design-oriented and consists of design, analysis, construction, and testing of
electrical and electromechanical circuits and devices, and with various
applications of control theory. Two experiments on digital control are included
to help students understand the fundamentals of digital control. This should be
a motivation for them to take the follow-up course, Digital Control Systems (ECE
412).
Gang Tao ,
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Yu Liu , Ph.D. Student of
Electrical Engineering
5 Feedback 33-110
Analogue Units
5 Feedback 33-100
Mechanical Units
5 Feedback 01-100
Power Supplies.
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5 Feedback 33-003
Digital Servo Fundamentals Trainers, including:
5 Feedback 33-120
Digital Units
3 Feedback MIC926
Computer interface cards
5 sets of supporting
software
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5 Dell PCs
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2 Gateway PCs
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6 Tektronix TDS 420 Four
Channel Digitizing Oscilloscopes
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6 Tektronix TM 5006A
Power Modules, containing
6 Tektronix DM 5110
Programmable Digital Multi-meters
6 Tektronix AFG 5101
Programmable Arbitrary/Function Generators
6 Tektronix PS 5010
Programmable Power Supplies.
Learn to use the
Analogue Servo Fundamentals Trainer 33-002
Review the basic
properties of an op-amp and their applications.
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2. Motor and
Tachogenerator
Examine d.c. motor
properties
Study tachogenerator
functions.
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3. Position Control
Design position
feedback control systems for desired position tracking
Study the effect of
feedback gain on system performance.
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4. Velocity Feedback
Control
Design closed-loop
control systems with velocity feedback
Study methods to
reduce system tracking errors.
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5. Stability
Examine the behavior
of an unstable system and the causes of instability
Design a speed
regulating system.
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6. P, I, D Elements and
PD Control
Study the properties
of proportional (P), integral (I) and derivative(D) elements
Learn the concept of
proportional and derivative (PD) control
Design, build and
test differentiators and integrators using op-amps.
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7. PI Control
Learn the
proportional and integral (PI) control concept
Design and build a
PI controller
Study some
applications of PI control.
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8. PID Control
Learn the
proportional, derivative and integral (PID) control concept
Design and build a single-amplifier
PID control system.
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9. Frequency Response
Study the frequency
response method for evaluating system performance
Apply it to
compensation of a motor control system.
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10. Frequency Response
of PI, PID and Velocity Feedback
Investigate the
effect of PI, PID and velocity feedback by frequency response method.
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11. Digital Control
Fundamentals
Understand concepts
of digital control
Implement A/D, D/A,
digital control of speed and position.
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12. Digital PID Control
Design and implement
a digital PID controller for a DC motor
Evaluate the system
performance using frequency response.