Title :
Fast end-of-travel detection for DC linear actuators
Author :
Fisher, John C. ; Sachtjen, Michael L. ; Wilson, Christopher M. ; Thomasson, James ; Hess, Herbert L.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA
Abstract :
A microcontroller-based linear actuator controller design is presented, and problems of flexibility, configurability, and actuator end-of-travel detection are addressed
Keywords :
DC motors; digital control; electric actuators; linear motors; machine control; microcontrollers; power engineering computing; DC linear actuators; configurability; fast end-of-travel detection; flexibility; linear actuator controller design; microcontroller; Algorithm design and analysis; Automatic control; DC motors; EPROM; Gears; Hardware; Hydraulic actuators; Microprogramming; Printed circuits; Pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Machines and Drives Conference, 2001. IEMDC 2001. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7091-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEMDC.2001.939352
