Low-cost platforms used in Control Education: An educational case study

Irigoyen, Eloy; Larzabal, E.; Priego, Rafael

doi:10.3182/20130828-3-uk-2039.00058

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“…[28] the problem of motor drive control was approached using a HIL platform to develop an emulation-based virtual laboratory. A very popular approach is to use Lego Mindstorms NXT platforms, such as those presented in [4,7,11,12,19]. A real-time DC motor control system based on Matlab/Simulink was presented in [20].…”

Section: Control Engineeringmentioning

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A low‐cost, free‐software platform with hard real‐time performance for control engineering education

González-Vargas

Serna-Ramirez

Fory-Aguirre

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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In this paper, we present a novel portable servomechanism control platform for educational purposes. The platform main features are: low cost, reliable and robust hardware, high‐speed USB interface, free open source software (FOSS), graphical interface modeling (via Scilab/XCos) and hard real‐time performance based on the Real‐Time Application Interface for Linux (RTAI). The platform is easy to interface with any computer and can be carried home by students, opening many new possibilities for practical assignments in control courses. We include application examples and student feedback regarding their experience during various workshops in which the system was demonstrated.

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Section: Control Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

A low‐cost, free‐software platform with hard real‐time performance for control engineering education

González-Vargas

Serna-Ramirez

Fory-Aguirre

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…Further development of this platform will provide a flexible framework for fast prototyping and proof of concept in animal and human clinical studies or as a part of a personalized health-monitoring and homecare systems. It could also be developed as an affordable and versatile educational platform, in a similar manner that Arduino has contributed to facilitate learning of programming and embedded systems in the field of electronics [ 35 – 38 ].…”

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Biosignal PI, an Affordable Open-Source ECG and Respiration Measurement System

Abtahi

Snäll

Aslamy

et al. 2014

Sensors

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Bioimedical pilot projects e.g., telemedicine, homecare, animal and human trials usually involve several physiological measurements. Technical development of these projects is time consuming and in particular costly. A versatile but affordable biosignal measurement platform can help to reduce time and risk while keeping the focus on the important goal and making an efficient use of resources. In this work, an affordable and open source platform for development of physiological signals is proposed. As a first step an 8–12 leads electrocardiogram (ECG) and respiration monitoring system is developed. Chips based on iCoupler technology have been used to achieve electrical isolation as required by IEC 60601 for patient safety. The result shows the potential of this platform as a base for prototyping compact, affordable, and medically safe measurement systems. Further work involves both hardware and software development to develop modules. These modules may require development of front-ends for other biosignals or just collect data wirelessly from different devices e.g., blood pressure, weight, bioimpedance spectrum, blood glucose, e.g., through Bluetooth. All design and development documents, files and source codes will be available for non-commercial use through project website, BiosignalPI.org.

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“…As shown, low-cost educational prototypes have been developed for practical study in the fields of automation, dynamic systems analysis and control (Lu et al, 2007;Alvarado et al, 2006;Irigoyen et al, 2013;Soriano et al, 2014), with special attention to tank process (Saco et al, 2002;Pasamontes et al, 2012;Hlava et al, 2005;Johansson, 2000). It is proposed here the development of a system that constitutes a miniaturized industrial plant of a heated pump-fed tank, with controllable variables such as inlet flow, fluid level and temperature.…”

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A Miniaturized Industrial Plant for Educational Purpose in Industrial Control

Matos

Chagas

2019

Anais Do 14º Simpósio Brasileiro De Automação Inteligente

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This work presents a miniaturized industrial plant built to portray a hydraulic and thermal system. The system was developed in a low-cost open-source platform for studies in the fields of automation, dynamic systems, and control. In order to test its capacity, different techniques of classic and modern control, estimation, modeling, and identification were applied. It should be noted that the work provides the ability to reproduction and continuous development of the plant, and also examples of educational applications, reducing the demand for laboratory equipment acquisition for teaching and research in Universities. Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta uma planta industrial miniaturizada construida para retratar um sistema hidráulico e térmico. O sistema foi desenvolvido em uma plataforma de baixo custo de código aberto para estudos nasáreas de automação, sistemas dinâmicos e controle. Para testar sua capacidade, foram aplicadas diferentes técnicas de controle clássico e moderno, estimação, modelagem e identificação. Deve-se notar que o trabalho fornece a capacidade de reprodução e desenvolvimento contínuo da planta, e também exemplos de aplicações educacionais, reduzindo a demanda por aquisição de equipamentos de laboratório para o ensino e pesquisa nas Universidades.

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Low-cost platforms used in Control Education: An educational case study

Cited by 27 publications

References 3 publications

A low‐cost, free‐software platform with hard real‐time performance for control engineering education

A low‐cost, free‐software platform with hard real‐time performance for control engineering education

Biosignal PI, an Affordable Open-Source ECG and Respiration Measurement System

A Miniaturized Industrial Plant for Educational Purpose in Industrial Control

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