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Washing Machine Simulator
The Washing Machine Simulator (WMS) is an application for electronic control engineering. The unit incorporates a series of input and output devices, which together simulate the actions of a typical domestic washing machine. The WMS has two main areas. The first area comprises the electronic circuits and connector sockets, the second area is the indicators, a motorised disc (which represents the washing machine drum) and the user controls. The circuit board incorporates test points, a fuse and four switches for fault insertion.
Three blue push buttons are used to select a ‘wash program’ from the software program and inputs from these buttons turn on green, yellow and red LED’s. The binary pattern displayed may be compared to a ‘program selector table’ to indicate the current choice of program. A grey push button is used to cancel the current choice and a red push button to ‘accept’ input for the controller. A mechanically latched push button with a built in LED provides an input, which simulates the open/closed status of the washing machine door. An infra-red reflective sensor mounted beneath the disc supplies feedback on the speed of the motor. A seven-segment display is used to highlight the ‘wash program status’. The status options are: Empty, Fill, Heat, Wash, Rinse, Spin, Dry and Complete.
Motor speed can be controlled using PWM and a buzzer activated to indicate the end of the ‘wash program’ (can be enabled or disabled using on-board switch). The buzzer can also be used to indicate that the ‘door’ has been opened or that a fault has occurred. Variations for programming the WMS are possible using two switches that change the input/output characteristics of the motor drive and speed sensor feedback. The WMS can be connected to a PC, using a suitable interface, or to a microcontroller.
Experiments:
- Control of digital outputs
- Control of the seven segment display
- Reading the program selector switches
- On/Off control of the DC motor
- Controlling the DC motor/speed open loop
- Reading the motor speed feedback
- Colour wash program cycle
- Closed loop control of the DC motor
Key Features
- Simulates actual domestic washing machine processes
- Control of DC motor, speed and direction
- Closed loop and PWM control of DC motor
- Target application for PC or Microcontroller
- Test Points and Switched Faults for diagnostics fault finding techniques
- Visual indication of activities using LEDs and display
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Electronics, Control System and InstrumentationControl System Trainer
The Control System Trainer (CST) is designed for the study of digital and analogue control engineering using fundamental control theory with simple direct connections or the use of programming software. The CST can be used to carry out the various experiments using the elements and breadboard to design a control application to a specification. Simple or complex experiments are possible by linking the range of devices and sensors on the CST.
The CST has two main project areas and a range of digital logic building blocks with a prototyping area. The first project area has a D.C. motor, for speed and direction control combined with a heater for temperature control. Consisting of a 5V dc motor; this is used in a closed-loop to drive a fan that cools a heater to a set temperature or can be used to break an infra-red beam for speed control. The second, main project area is a light control system; a controller is required to maintain a set luminance when an external interference from a second lamp is introduced, it uses two light sources, one source of light and one source of light disturbance.
There are a variety of projects to undertake using the range of sensors and devices on the CST. These elements are a bread board area, voltage to frequency converter, light dependant resistor (LDR), a de-bounced switch, a tilt switch, Piezo buzzer, TTL monitor, a bank of logic switches, a logic probe and a clock source. Headers that accept standard solid core wires are used to connect each element of the CST. Connection to a PC is possible using a suitable interface card through digital and analogue connections.
Experiments:
- Generic courseware for the CST
- Generate digital outputs
- Read in digital inputs
- Read in digital inputs on port B and output them on port A
- Sound Piezo buzzer when CST is tilted
- Pulse an output at a rate specified by user
- Sense closure of the de-bounced switch and keep a count of the occurrences
- Sense closure of the de-bounced switch and keep a count of the occurrences over a specified time interval
- Count input pulses from the clock generator, via a timer/counter channel
- Implement software generated PWM signal
- Implement hardware generated PWM signal using two timer/counter channels and clock generator
- Implement hardware generated PWM signal using two timer/counter channels and user input
- Generate an analogue voltage in the range 0-5V
- Read an analogue voltage in the range 0-5V
- Generate triangular wave output
- Calibrate the LDR circuit in the light control box
Key Features
- Building control circuits and PC control programming
- Introduces electronic control techniques
- Bread board area allows expansion of project ideas
- Control of a D.C. motor for temperature, speed and direction control
- Light control system
- Seven other projects with varying complexity
- Connection for control from a PC using program development software
- Comprehensive labworks for control circuits and programming software
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Electronics, Control System and InstrumentationPendulum Control System
The Pendulum Control System, PCS2, is designed for the study of control engineering and theory. The PCS2 consists of a carriage module and analogue control module with a mimic of the system. It can function as a stand-alone analogue system or be interfaced to an external controller such as a PC using a suitable interface card. The PCS2 is supplied with an interface card and PCSDS software. The software includes attempted Linear control, attempted Harmonic control, and Direct Digital Control and Fuzzy Logic control. Students can compare the performance of the different controllers. Connection is through 4mm-shrouded colour coded sockets and to an interface card through the IDC connection.
The PCS2 can be used in two different modes, an inverted pendulum or an overhead crane, each mode presents a control situation that requires a separate approach and solution and an understanding of how feedback systems function. The first mode; control of an inherently unstable system, to balance the pendulum in the inverted position the pivot must be continuously moved to correct the falling pendulum. In the second mode; the carriage module is turned upside down to act as a crane, the pendulum swings into an equilibrium position with the centre of mass below the pivot, control the Linear position of the load, with very oscillatory dynamics.
Experiments:
- Static and dynamic characteristics of the pendulum control system
- Analogue control of an inverted pendulum
- Fuzzy Logic control of the inverted pendulum
- Direct Digital controller design and implementation: inverted pendulum
- Direct Digital controller design and implementation: swinging crane
Key Features
- Control of inherently unstable systems and of systems with very oscillatory dynamics
- Study of control engineering theory
- Stand-alone Analogue control
- Classic control model for Analogue, Direct Digital or Fuzzy Logic control
- Two different modes, an inverted pendulum or overhead crane
- Software with attempted Linear control, attempted Harmonic control, Direct Digital control and Fuzzy Logic control
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