This project aims to use the myRIO embedded device with programming development software, LabVIEW, for the education of automatic control in association with the course Control Engineering (Reglerteknik) in Uppsala University. The myRIO is a portable reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device developed by National Instruments for students to use for designing control, signal processing, robotics, and mechatronics systems. It contains a Xilinx FPGA and a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 micro-controller that can be programmed with LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench). The control system that the project is concerned with is to control a model elevator which, available for the project, is a cabinet driven by a DC motor up and down along two steel poles. It is a representative control system, containing all possible components of a feedback control system, i.e., controlled process, actuator, controller, sensor. The elevator (the controlled process) has three floors with pre-specified heights. The height is determined by an ultrasonic sensor (for feedback). The motor (the actuator) is controlled by a PID (proportional-integral-derivative) controller. The specifications for the control system implemented are given beforehand, in particular, the parameters related to system performance such as stability, responsiveness and accuracy (or residual error), as well as real time display of operating information. The motor driver (a H-bridge circuit) for the motor and the circuit for the information have been built. The myRIO is used to implement the PID controller, handle the set point specifying floor number, manage the sensor measurements. The whole elevator control system has been implemented and tested. The test results show that the control system works well and fulfills the given specifications. Further work on improvements for the project is suggested. The myRIO is shown to be an excellent device well suited for the education of control engineering.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-366495 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Storfors, Anton |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Signaler och System |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | UPTEC E, 1654-7616 ; 18 026 |
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