Hardware as for Teaching Modeling and Control
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Author(s)
Steinmeyer, Joseph D.
White, Jacob K.
Date Issued
June 2016
Journal
Mechanical Engineering Magazine
Publisher
ASME International
Citation
Steinmeyer, Joseph D. and White, Jacob K. "Hardware as for Teaching Modeling and Control." Mechanical Engineering Magazine 138, 6 (June 2016): 512-516 © 2016 ASME
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Final published version
Abstract
This article explores the introduction and use of new control classes that focus as much on modeling as on control. The paper describes several aspects of design problems with an emphasis on how to keep the process pedagogically efficient. The introductory classes in newer engineering curricula, at MIT and elsewhere, seek to empower students by avoiding highly customized devices, and instead rely on collections of easily composed and readily available sensors, actuators, and micro-controllers. The 15-week on-campus modeling and control class begins with classical material, discrete- and continuous-time transfer function modeling combined with PID and lead-lag controllers. With a combination of guidance and insights gained from constructing their artefacts, students determine a set of experiments and measurements that inform a model. Then they focus on designing and testing controllers, while answering impromptu questions from the roaming staff members. Keywords: Control equipment; Control modeling; Design; Hardware; Modeling; Sensors; Students; Magnetic levitation; Teaching; Motors; Testing
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2016-jun-6
