This thesis is dedicated to the automation of tests of the thermostats developed by the company Honeywell. The first chapter presents a problem of self-testing of thermostats, followed by a discussion of possible approaches to solutions. Attention is paid to testing the functionality of the HMI of thermostats, especially to the part of the system, that deals with activation of touchscteen, but no other part of the problem are omitted in the text. Discussions of the problematic passes into the design and implementation of specific design solutions. The selected design of 3D-router, which moves in three orthogonal coordinates and resembles to a coordinate drill for example. First, it describes the basic concepts of mechanic and electronic part of equipment, and subsequently is designed and implemented control electronics for mechanical activator HMI. Each of the electronics components are described in detail and values of parts are based on the calculation with the exception of finished parts. The proposal of the electronics follows the possibility of maximization of universality module for applications in similar applications. The functionality of the electronics is controlled by a microprocessor with a custom program that is described in the work. Source code of some the programs is not available because it is know-how of the company. Next part of the thesis deals with optimization of the moving of axes, optimization is done empirically by measuring. An important issue is compliance with the accuracy required position, also part of the work is devoted to the issue of calibration position. Finally is solved the continuity on the superior system. It is designed and implemented the upper layer of the communication protocol used in the company. Work is the solution of specific corporate award thesis. Although it is a very specific role of the works are generally applicable for other applications. In particular, the proposed electronic represents relatively universal controller for stepper motor control.

Baigiamajame magistro darbe tiriamos tiesiaeigio žingsninio variklio srovės. Atkreiptas dėmesys į srovės pereinamuosius procesus, nusistovėjusias vertes ir srovės priklausomybę nuo judamo elemento padėties. . Sudarytas variklio matematinis modelis įvertinus induktyvumo pokytį slenkamam elementui judant. Surasta srovės kitimo funkcija ir pagal ją nubraižytos srovės pereinamojo proceso charakteristikos. Išnagrinėjus srovės teorinius ir praktinius aspektus, pateikiamos baigiamojo darbo išvados ir siūlymai. / The practical part includes the current experiment and mathematical model of linear stepper motor. In this part was explored the inductance. The mathematical model was made for the linear stepper motor where includes the variable inductance. This model was resolved with MathCad 2001 software. In the research of current theoretical and practical aspects was made the conclusions and suggestions.

O objetivo deste trabalho é desenvolver um sistema de automação para a produção das sementes de iodo-125 por soldagem a laser (Nd:YAG). As sementes de iodo- 125 são utilizadas com sucesso no tratamento de câncer por braquiterapia, via baixa taxa de dose. Esta pequena semente é constituída por uma cápsula de titânio soldada, com 0,8mm de diâmetro e 4,5mm de comprimento, contendo iodo-125 adsorvido em fio de prata, no interior da mesma. As sementes de iodo-125 são implantadas na próstata humana para irradiar o tumor e tratar o câncer. Hoje, o Centro de Tecnologia das Radiações - CTR, do IPEN-CNEN/SP importa e distribui 36.000 sementes de iodo-125 por ano, para as clínicas e hospitais no País. No entanto, o potencial do mercado brasileiro é de 8.000 sementes de iodo-125 por mês. Assim, a produção local destas fontes radioativas de iodo- 125 tornou-se uma prioridade para o Instituto, visando reduzir o preço e aumentar o fornecimento à população. Por outro lado, a automação industrial desempenha papel importante na fabricação das sementes de iodo-125, com aumento da produtividade e padrão elevado de qualidade, além de facilitar a implementação e o funcionamento de processos com Boas Práticas de Fabricação (BPF). A tecnologia consiste em associar peças mecânicas e componentes eletro-eletrônicos, para controle de máquinas e processos. A tecnologia de automação para produção das sementes de iodo-125 desenvolvida neste trabalho emprega Controlador Lógico Programável (CLP), motores de passos, drivers, máquina de soldagem a laser (Nd:YAG), sensores fotoelétricos e interfaces de comunicação. / The aim of this work is to develop an automation system for iodine-125 radioactive seed production by (Nd:YAG) laser welding, which has been used successfully in Low Dose Rate (LDR) brachytherapy treatment. This small seed consists of a welded titanium capsule, with 0.8mm in diameter and 4.5mm in length, containing iodine-125 adsorbed onto a silver rod. The iodine-125 seeds are implanted into the human prostate to irradiate the tumor for cancer treatment. Nowadays, the Radiation Technology Center, at IPEN-CNEN/SP imports and distributes 36,000 iodine-125 seeds per year, for the clinics and hospitals in the country. However, the Brazilian market potential is now over 8,000 iodine-125 seeds per month. The local production of these iodine-125 radioactive sources becomes a priority for the Institute, in order to reduce the price and the problems of prostate cancer management. It will permit to spread their use to a largest number of patients in Brazil. On the other hand, the industrial automation plays an important role for iodine-125 seeds in order to increase the productivity, with high quality and assurance, avoiding human factors, implementing and operating with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). The technology consists of appliance electronic and electro-mechanical parts and components to control machines and processes. The automation system technology for iodine-125 seed production developed in this work was mainly assembled employing Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), stepper motors, drivers, (Nd:YAG) laser welding machine, photoelectric sensors and supervisory.

This project is about making an embedded system in order to control different functionalities of a stepper motor. The main functions of this stepper motor are to control the speed and direction. The whole hardware consists of two parts. One is the transmitter side and the other side is the receiver side. The transmitter side consists of PC, Encoder, a microcontroller and RF (Radio Frequency) transmitter. On the receiver side there is an RF receiver, a decoder, a microcontroller, a motor driver and a stepper motor. During this project a wireless system is going to be used to enhance the stepper motor operated manually. This system will actually adapt the requirements of the modern technology. With the help of this system one can control the speed of the stepper motor controller from remote sites. It can also control the direction of the stepper motor. In order to make it user friendly we make a GUI for controlling it from the PC. The data is sent and received via transmitter and receiver respectively. This data will be encoded and decoded and sent to the motor driver from where it is sent to the stepper motor in order to perform the operations. / 0734-954624

The content of the thesis is the modeling and implementation of the CNC control algorithm. This master thesis contains the description of issues of computer-controlled machines, the research of interpolation algorithms for control CNC machines and the modeling of the selected control algorithm with motor S-curve shaped speed profiles and simulation of chosen algorithms with S-shaped speed profiles in Matlab & Simulink.

The purpose of this diploma thesis was to explore possibilities, design and build 2D position system driven by PC via USB. ATmega16 and FT232R were used as the most important parts of hardware solution. Software for control of the position system was designed in C++ Builder and it can run under MS Windows XP. This work is based on semestral thesis and in future can be used in other applications or modified. 2D position system will be later used by UBMI in education and scientific applications.

The main components of the system for embroidery sewing machine is (Veritas 8014/35-2) and pointing devices. The machine automatically entered embroidered patterns, it is necessary to construct a pointing device and its control. To drive the pointing device used two stepper motors, the control circuit to cater to the ATmega128. Communication between PC and ATmega128 provides converter FT232.

The general aim of my master´s thesis is to study the actual principles of 3D scanning, the anatomy of human teeth, use of 3D scanning in dentistry and other medical fields. Another part of this thesis is about software and hardware design of 3D scanning system, which enable us to scan dental casts. This design is using webcam, projector and turntable. The principle of scanning is based on the activ triangulation. The output of 3D scanner is a horde of spots, which are used for reconstruction of a surface. The reconstructed surface is finally saved as .stl format.

This paper describes the design of equipment for measuring the wettability of surfaces. Surface wettability is determined by analyzing the profile drops, in an image taken with a digital camera. After the equipment is required to automatically find and focus the analyzed drops, taking the image, measuring wettability and save the image analysis, including measurement results to a file for subsequent offline analysis and archiving. The proposed facility is designed as a three-axis manipulator. For the driving the axes are chosen stepper motors. A key factor in achieving the highest possible speed measurement is very smooth movement of the manipulator, which is achieved by controlling of motors in microstepping mode with very high resolution. Software entire system is designed in the NI LabVIEW development environment for image processing was used module NI Vision.

This goal of the diploma thesis is to design, to construct and write control program for CNC milling machine designed for machining aluminum, wood and plastic. Entire structure of machine is designed and made of steel. The main table consists of an aluminum plate and aluminum structural profiles. Spindle of milling machine is a high speed motor from ATAS a.s. company. Milling machine is controlled by the program made in TwinCAT environment from Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG.