On-line neurocontroller based on microcontroller

This paper presents a practical implementation of general-purpose low cost neurocontroller using a microcontroller. A neural model of the controlled process is obtained on-line using the error back-propagation learning algorithm. A neural controller based upon this model is then used to control the process. The introduced technique explains the learning and the control algorithms, the hardware design of the complete system and the programming requirements. Experiments are carried out to on-line control a furnace using the present technique. The results show that, the introduced controller has considerable robustness