Course teached as: B019036 - LABORATORIO DI AUTOMATICA Second Cycle Degree in ELECTRICAL AND AUTOMATION ENGINEERING
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The goal of the course is to apply and compare the basic design methodologies in automatic control theory on some of the most common lab equipments available for didactic purposes. Furthermore, the course will provide some introduction to the working principles behind real-time operating systems and remote control through web. Employed software: MATLAB/SIMULINK.
Bonivento, Gentili, Paoli, "Sistemi di Automazione Industriale", McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to establish and develop the student's knowledge of automatic
control in the form of a practical project.
Prerequisites
Basic principles of automatic control (Fondamenti di Automatica)
Teaching Methods
Class lessons.
Experiments in the Control Lab.
Further information
Contact the teacher for the lab project assignment.
Type of Assessment
Present the project results in both written and oral forms.
Course program
- Introduction to MATLAB and SIMULINK for control systems design and simulation;
- Furuta pendulum;
- Magnetic process;
- Ball & beam;
- Helicopter;
- Thermal process;
- Lego Mindstorms.