This combined teaching set provides a complete solution to teaching analogue and digital motor control. It includes a DC motor control module, command potentiometer, PID controller module, input/output interface module and curriculum manuals in pdf format. A power supply unit and connection leads are also provided.
Typical activities include:
Describe the Main Elements of a PID Controller
Investigate the data capture features of a digital storage oscilloscope
Conduct simple step, ramp, and frequency response tests
Demonstrate Proportional Speed control
Outline the reasons for adding velocity feedback
Demonstrate the change in following error when transient velocity feedback replaces velocity feedback
Discuss the effects of noise when subjected to derivative action