The PeopleMover educational project - design, simulation, and implementation of a real control system application

Author

Bex, Steven ; Doclo, Simon ; Ysebaert, Geert ; Gielen, Georges ; Dehaene, Wim ; Man, Hugo De ; Moor, Bart De

Author_Institution

Dept. of ESAT/SCD, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

2004

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

87

Abstract

In this article, we discuss the design and implementation of the speed control system. The complete design task is divided into three parts. The system design team handles the modeling, design, and simulation of the control system. Simultaneously, the analog design team transforms the transfer functions generated by the system design team into an electronic circuit on PCB. The two teams jointly test the circuit, integrate it into the model train, and tune the system.

Keywords

control engineering education; control system synthesis; electrical engineering education; locomotives; parameter estimation; remotely operated vehicles; velocity control; PeopleMover educational project; electronic circuit; real control system; speed control system; Automata; Circuit simulation; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Electronic circuits; Infrared sensors; Master-slave; Power system modeling; Velocity control; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Control Systems, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1066-033X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCS.2004.1337868

Filename

1337868