Controller Output Signal Research Articles

Temperature Measurement and Control of Fiber Drawing Furnace Based on Virtual Instrument

The temperature in fiber drawing is one of the key factors influencing fiber’s performance. To the temperature measurement and control problem, the four-wire lead configuration of Pt100 with current excitation was adopted, the signal conditioning circuit includes constant current source, instrumentation amplifier and anti-aliasing filter. The computer collected signals from the conditioning circuit and output control signals by data acquisition card PCI-6221M. The software program was based on LabVIEW, the function relationship between resistance and temperature based on international thermometric scale and the digital filter were applied to calculate temperature. The improved PID control algorithm and the PWM technique were used to realize the temperature control. The experiment results show that the deviation is 0.71°C when the average temperature of the furnace center is 170.25 °C, which satisfies the design requirements.

A fuzzy aid rear-end collision warning/avoidance system

To decrease traffic accidents is a declared target of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Among them, rear-end collisions are one of the most common and constitute one of the as yet unsolved topics in the automotive sector. This paper presents an approach to the avoidance of rear-end collisions in congested traffic situations. To this end, two fuzzy controllers, a Collision Warning System (CWS) and a Collision Avoidance System (CAS), have been developed. The former is in charge of alerting the driver in case of an impending rear-end collision to prevent or mitigate the crash. The latter is in charge of generating an output control signal for the steering wheel in order to avoid the collision. Both CWS and CAS have been tested with real cars using vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications to acquire data of vehicles. A system installed in the infrastructure capable of assessing road traffic conditions in real time is responsible for transmitting the data of the vehicles in the surrounding area. The systems have been tested at the Center for Automation and Robotics (CAR)’s facilities with two mass-produced cars.

Design of Suspension Vibration Control System Based on ON-OFF Algorithm

Aimed to satisfy damping force change requirement of vehicle MRF suspension vibration control system, a controller of MRF suspension system based on On-Off control algorithm is designed, and a control system is carried out. The system takes single chip AT90CAN128 which obey the CAN bus protocols as micro-controller, and it accomplish AD conversion of sensor signal, design of On-Off algorithm and output of PWM voltage power control signal. The system also is used in vibration control experiment of tracklayer vehicle suspension system. The experiment shows that the controller can improve control accuracy, and the control effect is obviously.

Research on the Monitoring System for Stray Current in Urban Rail Transit System

In this paper, the hazards of stray current corrosion in urban rail transit system are analyzed, a method for monitoring the stray current is presented. The design of the monitoring system is described. This system can realize the functions such as data collection, data real-time display, data storage, historical data inquiry, give an alarm and output control signals to the cabinet of draining current.

401 地震の特性とセンサ配置を考慮した免震建物のセミアクティブ制御系設計 : センサ入力と制御出力の制御性能に与える影響

401 地震の特性とセンサ配置を考慮した免震建物のセミアクティブ制御系設計 : センサ入力と制御出力の制御性能に与える影響

Multiple Model Adaptive Control Using Dual Youla-Kucera Factorisation

We propose a multi-model adaptive control scheme for uncertain linear plants based on the concept of model unfalsification. The approach relies on examining the ability of a pre-computed set of plant-controller candidates and choosing the one that is best able to reproduce observed in- and output signal samples. The ability to reproduce observations is measured as an easily computable signal norm. Compared to other related approaches, our procedure is designed to be able to handle significant measurement noise and closed-loop correlations between output measurements and control signals.

Simple Continuous-time Identification Method for PID Controlled Crushing Plant Processes

PID controllers are indisputably the most common controller type encountered in process control applications. Therefore, they have been quite well accepted for process control of crushing processes as well. However, successful tuning of a PID controller typically requires a model of the controllable process. This paper presents a novel approach for continuous-time low order transfer function identification on a closed single-input-single-output PID control loop. The proposed method is based on calculation of time integrals on controller input and output signals. The method is relatively simple, numerically straighforward and intuitively appealing as it simultaneously provides model parameters and criteria for control loop performance assessment.

Observer-based anti-windup compensator design for saturated control systems using an LMI approach

In practical control systems, actuator saturation usually induces a windup phenomenon and potentially results in system instability. Accordingly, this paper develops an observer-based auxiliary anti-windup compensation scheme to mitigate the effects of actuator limitations on the performance and stability of the controlled system. In the proposed approach, the controller output signal passing through the saturation element is treated as an external disturbance imported to the designed controller and an auxiliary controller is designed to minimize the difference between the controller output signal and the system input signal. The conditions required to maintain the system performance in the presence of actuator saturation are formulated as an LMI criterion. The L2-stability criterion of the anti-windup compensator design is also formulated as an LMI condition. It is shown that by integrating the two LMI conditions and solving the resulting optimization problem, the resulting anti-windup controller both minimizes the performance attenuation of the saturated control system and guarantees its L2-stability.

Design of Hardware Based on Control Circuit of APF

In this paper, we focus on the hardware design of control circuit based on shunt active power filter (APF). It described the AD transformation module, DSP data processing module, CPLD logic control module, man-machine interaction module and asynchronous communication module. As the core controller, TMS320C5416 digital signal processor (DSP) controls this peripheral assistant circuit to complete data acquisition, harmonic detection and output of control signal. Finally, we design the layout and routing of the control circuit.

A Research on the Stiction and Detection in the Control Valves

Stiction is a common problem in spring-diaphragm type valves, which are widely used in the process industry. A non-invasive method for detecting and quantifying stiction in control valve has been presented in this paper. Although there have been many attempts to understand and detect stiction in control valves, none of the current methods can simultaneously detect and quantify stiction. The method first detects nonlinearity in a control loop by the use of the sensitivity of the normalized bispectrum or bicoherence to the nonlinear interactions that may be present in the control error signal.If nonlinearity is detected, then controlled variable(pv) and controller output(op) signals are filtered using frequency domain wiener filter to obtain filtered pv and op signals.This work describes a model free method that can detect and quantify stiction that may be present in control valves using routine operating data obtained from the process. No additional excitation or experimentation of the plant is required.

The Realization of 16-Bit PWM for Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Charging by Using C8051F020 MCU

In the lithium-ion battery charging circuits, needs to solve the PWM signal and systems synthesis control item. Therefore, converting voltage feedback signal by C8051F020 MCU ADC0, the result which ADC0 converts delivers the Programmable Counter Array PCA0 module to realize 16-bit PWM trigger signal to control the charging circuit output. At the same time in producing the PWM signal, Use the ADC0 window detector to realize entering value surpassing range alarm and protection, Also, because 12-bit ADC0 is, therefore, Have carried out a recondition on the PCA0 value in program, have realized PWM control signal output, it's frequency is to set up, cause it's application to further nimble, control accuracy more highly.

A new anti‐windup strategy for PID controllers with derivative filters

AbstractThis paper presents a new strategy for suppressing the windup effect caused by actuator saturation in proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controlled systems. In the proposed approach, the windup effect is modeled as an external disturbance imported to the PID controller and an observer‐based auxiliary controller is designed to minimize the difference between the controller output signal and the system input signal in accordance with an H‐infinite optimization criterion. It is shown that the proposed anti‐windup (AW) scheme renders the performance of the controlled system more robust toward the effects of windup than conventional PID AW schemes and provides a better noise rejection capability. In addition, the proposed PID AW scheme is system independent and is an explicit function of the parameters of the original PID controller. As a result, the controller is easily implemented using either digital or analog circuits and facilitates a rapid, on‐line tuning of the controller parameters as required in order to prevent the windup effect.Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society

High Speed Weld Control System of Dual-Bypass MIG Based on LabVIEW

Dual-bypass MIG welding (DB-GMAW) is a new kind of high speed MIG welding with three arcs. In order to monitor the weld process and control it, a high speed weld system of DB-GMAW was built. The system was run by LabVIEW programs, including getting data of system and control output signals. The test result of system showed that all equipments could be used in the same time. Beside images of weld pool and arc, the weld voltages and currents of every part had been acquired. The signals of bypass current and weld speed also had been input TIG welding sources and worktable motor successfully. Meanwhile, the high speed weld formation had a good quality, and all of these established the closed-loop control of high speed DB-GMAW.

The Quench Detection System for YBCO Superconducting Magnets

Quench detection is a key issue for the practical application of superconducting electrical power equipments. In this paper, a quench detection system has been developed for a YBCO superconducting magnets. It detects a set of quench input signals, such as magnet voltages and current, which are isolated, amplified and filtered by the quench detection system. It can also manage a standard set of output control signals to activate the dump and to control the magnet current to ramp down in the event of a quench. According to the experimental results, this quench detection system can fulfill the function effectively.

Electronic musical instrument and tone generator apparatus connectable thereto

Tone generation control signal and sound signal are communicated between an electronic musical instrument and an external apparatus, using a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard. Thus, where the electronic musical instrument does not have its own internal tone generator while the external apparatus has its own tone generator, a sound signal of a tone, corresponding to the tone generation control signal output from the electronic musical instrument, can be generated by the external apparatus and supplied to the electronic musical instrument, so that the electronic musical instrument can sound the sound signal. Also, information of the electronic musical instrument is transmitted to the external apparatus so that input and output paths to and from the tone generator of the external apparatus can be automatically set, via the communication interface tom, in correspondence with the electronic musical instrument.

Knowledge base generation and its implementation for control of above knee prosthetic device based on SEMG and knee flexion angle

Advanced intelligent knee prosthesis for trans-femoral amputees requires a versatile control strategy and associated control algorithm. Control strategy was evolved by mapping surface EMG (SEMG) from four muscles of healthy lower limb of a unilateral trans-femoral amputee and knee flexion angles (KFA) during various phases of a gait cycle. The SEMG and KFA are calibrated to three walking speeds modes i.e., slow, normal and fast. Sensor mechanisms feeds real-time data to controller to generate an appropriate control output signal based on available knowledgebase which calculates the patient's gait parameters i.e., KFA and SEMG from associated muscles during the corresponding phase of walk. Important aspect of control strategy is the development of knowledgebase proves that the SEMG signal generates recognisable pattern for change in walking speed when signals were analysed in time and frequency domain. These patterns were quantified and utilised for controlling electro-pneumatic knee joint.

Fuzzy Self Tuning Of Dc Position Control Based On Labview

This paper investigates the effect of quantization gain factors, at the input side, and the scaling gain, at the output side, of a fuzzy controller. A fuzzy control system is designed with two main parts: a basic fuzzy controller (BFC) which produces the output control signal and supervisor fuzzy controllers (SFCs) to continuously adjust, on-line, the I/O scaling or gain factors of the (BFC) in order to improve its performance against different dynamic operating conditions. The designed self tuning controller is used to position control of a DC motor with un known parameters according to the feed back inputs, a tracking error (e) and change of error (Δe), based on the proposed fuzzy rules. The system implementation and tests are carried out using LabVIEW software ( V8.2 ) with a data acquisition card type (NI PCI-6251) from National Semiconductors to achieve real time measurements. Keywords: self-tuning, fuzzy controller, position control, scaling gain, LabVIEW .

The Expert Control Designing of Tanker Ship Maneuvering by Optimal Control as a Reference Model

Fuzzy logic control (FLC) system is a control system which is working based on error input data, rate of error, and accelaret of error of controlling variable. Using some rules of FAM (Fuzzy Associate Memory) which is constructed for resulting a decision can be used to actuator of controller. This paper is des-cribing about designing fuzzy logic as a control system for ship maneuvering, which is input for FLC are yaw error, yaw rate, and tracking error while the output of fuzzy logic control is command rudder signal. FLC con-sists of two units of controller; it is first controller unit work for autopilot and second controller unit for offset track. Interference function for FLC is Sugeno – Takagi which represent mathematic equation from input vari-able of FLC. Gain control of FLC based on least square estimation of error yaw, yaw rate, and output control signal relationship from LQR/LTR as a model reference control. Dynamic model of ship maneuvering has been derived on 3 dof with Clarke hydrodynamic coefficient. The capability of logic fuzzy control has been shown on simulation, for tanker ship model without interference or within interference. Robust of fuzzy logic control has been got from trajectory convergence error of yaw and yaw rate error when on turning simulation or off turning simulation toward the sector (0, 0).

S2001-1-4 量産可能な工学教育支援システムとしての自動浮上機能付き小型磁気浮上実験装置の開発(技術教育・工学教育(1))

We succeeded to manufacture a compact magnetic levitation system which costs only about 6,000 yen. The objectives we developed this system are, (1) to design to be able to manufacture at low cost and easily to utilize for education, (2) the system is portable to bring at some classes or other, places to show the demonstration as a typical feedback control system, (3) and to help students' learning about autoniatic control. We are constructing our web site which shows information all of parts to assemble, how to manufacture and method to adjust the control parameters. This magnetic levitation system has three characteristics; (a) the microcomputer used as the controller has a function to find suitable control parameters automatically, (b) you can change the feedback parameters as you like wherever the control system is running, (c) it's possible to monitor the control input and output signals using extra terminals. We hope this system will be used in many field of engineering education.

Temperature protection of frequency converter based on dynamic thermal model of IGBT module

A procedure enabling the calculation of the chip temperature of an IGBT module operating as a component of a frequency converter is presented. The procedure is based on information regarding the inverter’s instantaneous output currents, input voltage, and control signals vector. The heat model of the IGBT module that enables one to calculate the instantaneous temperatures of a chip in real time is examined. Thermal protection based on the heat model is also examined. The results of simulation, full-scale experimentation, and commercial introduction are given.