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Dynamic Systems & Controls Laboratory
Location: Durland 337
Laboratory Purpose:
This laboratory serves the needs of the automatic controls course offerings with the main task of providing hands on experience to students in ME-570 (Mechanical Systems Modeling). ME-570 is a required class in the undergraduate program with the objective of providing students with experience in modeling mechanical systems. This class also provides the opportunity to compare models to actual mechanical systems and then apply control techniques to the systems. Other courses utilizing this lab include ME-635 (Dynamics of Flight), ME-640 (Automatic Controls), ME-699 (Industrial Control Systems), ME-728 (Computer Control of Electromechanical Systems), ME-730 (Control Systems Analysis and Design), and ME-830 (Topics in Automatic Controls). The content of ME-830 varies with each semester and topics have included Aircraft Control, Nonlinear Control Systems, and Industrial Control Systems.
There are eight workstations in the lab. Each consists of a PC, MC4000 controller card, data acquisition hardware, and supporting equipment such as an oscilloscope, multimeter, etc. Each computer has MATLAB (version 6.5) installed along with several supporting toolboxes and Simulink. The primary learning tool for the ME-570 class is the Motorlab. This device is used in conjunction with the MC4000 controller card to apply the control techniques learned in the lecture section of the class.
Sponsors:The laboratory is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation and a matching grant from Kansas State University.
Links:
MC4000 MATLAB Simulink