Motorola DSP56001 Implementation of a Self-Tuning Controller

A system consisting of two AT&T personal computers and a Motorola DSP56001 digital signal processor for implementation of self-tuning pole placement control law is presented. One of the AT&T personal computers is used as a variable parameter digital plant to be controlled. The Motorola DSP56001 digital signal processor is used to compute the plant parameters in real-time from input-output data. The computed plant parameters are used to tune the parameters of a pole placement controller implemented on the Motorola DSP56001 digital signal processor. The other AT&T personal computer is used as a host computer to develop machine code of the parameter identification and self-tuning control algorithms. Results on self-tuning control of a second order plant are presented.