New, commercially available, automatic, code-generation tools are used in teaching and lab exercises to progress from controller design, to simulation, and finally to implementation on mechanical hardware. An embedded computing system consists of a dedicated, digital, electronic-processor that controls a system that interacts with the environment. Case studies highlighting a force-feedback joystick and motor servo control with encoder feedback are presented to illustrate laboratory exercises that teach mechanical engineering students hardware-in-the-loop control system design. Using these software tools, design iterations and multiple controllers are quickly simulated and downloaded to the actual hardware.
Issue Section:
Software Review
Keywords:
mechanical engineering computing,
engineering education,
force feedback,
interactive devices,
digital simulation,
program compilers,
software packages,
embedded systems,
programmable controllers,
control system analysis computing,
student experiments,
control system CAD,
courseware,
servomechanisms,
machine control,
control engineering education
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