The diploma thesis focuses on the electronics design of a hobby CNC milling machine. There are analysed and described the individual electronic parts and components related to this problematic. Three electronics suggestions are made, these suggestions are compared. Then, one of these variants is selected and implemented. Next, is created a relevant PLC program to control the CNC milling machine with visualization for easy control.

This work is focused on the design of the peristaltic pump drive for medical purposes. Its initial goal is closer introduction of peristaltic pumps and stepper motors. Then the design of BLDC motor will be made and the use of this motor will be compared with stepper motor. Design of the BLDC motor will be made using RMxprt. Last but not least simulations of both types of motors for the peristaltic pump will be created in Simplorer. Finally, the program LabVIEW will be introduced and a program for controlling a stepper motor will be created.

The task of my thesis was to automate the process of 3D stacking. The work includes design of complex control board, that will serve as a control unit and provide a comprehensive function of mechanical displacement in combination with digital image acquisition. In addition, the electronics for controlling a stepper motor, PCB and the design. The result of this is a facility that provides automatic acquisition of images with different depth of field.

The work deals with the design of the control electronics for measuring set-up for elemental composition analysis using remote LIBS techniques. The electronics is designed in modular way for light interchangeability and variability. It consists of several separate plug-ins; each plug-in solves its part of the problem and communicates with others over the I2C bus. The work describes the basic components and concepts; a special care is taken to describe the modules for stepper motors control and for communication with focusing lens from Canon company.

This thesis deals with the polarization of the light and its use in the field of photoelasticity measurement. The theoretical part is divided into two sections. First the light is described as electromagnetic waves in the theoretical section. Further the polarization types are described and the principle of the photoelasticity is explained. Electronic is described in the second section of the theoretical part. In the frame of the experimental part electronic design is presented together with the program for the scanning device controller. The functionality of the device is tested in the last section.

Purpose of this master´s thesis is the construction proposal of azimuth fork mount with load capacity to 20kg including both axes drives. The solution contains design options of azimuth fork mount, calculations, design proposal of the mount and drawings of the shaft, fork and the assembly.

The goal of this thesis is design of universal system for motor control. This device must be able to control at least 4 motors, stepper motors or DC motors. Wired, or wireless communication, using IEEE 802.15.4, is mandatory. The System is based on modular concept. The Basic modules are Control module, Communication module, Connection module and Power module. The system was tested in the control of fertilizer dosing pumps in the greenhouse

Recycling is becoming more crucial due to the fast pace of consumerism. This thesis explores how well a robot arm, with three degrees of freedom, can be implemented to give an autonomous recycling process. After the prototyping phase it was found that a cylindrical robot arm was best suited for the project. Computer vision in addition with machine learning is used for sorting and detecting objects. The end effector is a suction cup, connected to a plastic 60-milliliter syringe. Negative pressure is created by pulling and pushing a lead screw connected to a stepper motor. The accuracy of the ML-model, the robot’s movement andmax weight are evaluated. The ML-model is trained to detect four classes; plastic, metal, paper, and glass. The thesis found that the ML-model could classify plastic the most sufficient and paper the least. The robot arm’s movement had an average error of 0.54 cm and the maximum weight was 900 grams. For future development it would be interesting to compare a range of different suction cups, to see how the material, diameter, and depth would affect its ability to pick up various objects. Additionally, the model could be enhanced by training it on a larger dataset.

The aim for this thesis is to explore the possibility to save both water and energy in showers. Through a quicker, more responsive and precise shower faucet using digital thermometers and stepper motors. A faucet has two input pipes with cold and hot water respectively. To reach a desired shower temperature; a single thermometer is needed, to measure the mixed water temperature. Using this information, two motors will control two valve until the desired temperature is reached. To maintain the desired temperature throughout the shower session, the temperature should be continuously monitored and when temperature disturbance occurs, the valves should compensate for it. To achieve this a demonstrator was made. The demonstrator uses stepper motors connected to valves to control the flow through a hot and cold water pipe. The system reads the temperature of the output water continuously and makes appropriate changes to the position of the valves. Due to safety concerns, no water was used in the testing of the demonstrator. The theoretical response time of the system is very short, and the demonstrator can theoretically change temperature of the mixed water by around 5°Celsius per second. / Syftet med denna rapport är att utforska möjligheterna att spara både vatten och energi till duschar, genom en snabbare, mer responsiv och mer exakt duschblandare. Detta ska uppnås genom användning av digitala termometrar och stegmotorer. Duschblandaren ska läsa temperaturerna av det blandade vattnet, och justera respektive kran tills önskad temperatur är uppnådd. För att bibehålla önskad temperatur kommer temperaturen kontinuerligt övervakas. När störningar i temperatur uppkommer ska duschblandaren kompensera för det, och därmed hallå en konstant temperatur. För att åstadkomma detta byggdes en demonstrationsenhet. Denna demonstrationsenhet använder stegmotorer kopplade till kranar för att kontrollera flödet genom ett varmt och ett kallt vattenrör. Systemet läser konstant temperaturen av det blandade vattnet och gör lämpliga ändringar av kranarnas positioner. På grund av säkerhetsrisk användes inget vatten vid testning av demonstrationsenheten. Den teoretiska responstiden av systemet är mycket kort, och demonstrationsenheten kan teoretiskt ändra temperatur av det blandade vattnet med en hastighet av ungefär 5°Celsius per sekund.

The purpose of this project was to investigate how efficient it is to implement steering of a solar panel, in one or two axes. To determine how efficient it is, special consideration was taken to the energy usage of the driving system. Practical applications have also been considered with pros and cons. To answer the research questions a prototype was built and a controlled environment for testing was arranged. Rotating the panel in one axis resulted in a 26% energy increase and for the two-axis system a 56% energy increase compared to stationary panel. The use of stepper motors turned out to be not as efficient as needed, due to continuous use of energy at all times during operation. / Syftet med detta projekt var att undersöka hur effektivt det är att implementera styrning av en solpanel i en eller två axlar. För att kunna avgöra nyttan så togs det hänsyn till drivsystemet och hur mycket energi det gick åt för styrningen. Även praktiska tillämpningar kontrollerades och vilka fördelar och nackdelar som skulle erhållas. För att svara på frågeställningarna, tillverkades en prototyp som testades i en kontrollerad miljö. Genom att rotera panelen runt en axel ökar energiupptaget 26 % och för det tvåaxliga systemet 56 % jämfört med en stationär panel. Användningen av stegmotorer visade sig inte vara speciellt effektiv då det krävdes kontinuerlig strömmatning för att erhålla det motormoment som krävdes för att hålla panelen på plats.