Course Practical introduction to control technology

Features:

• 1 Experiment board: temperature, level, position, speed and light control loops with inputs for switching through disturbance variables
• P, I and D controllers which can be arbitrarily combined and have independently configurable parameters
• Configurable two- and three-position controllers with adjustable switching hysteresis
• Adjustable analog PID-controller
• Virtual instruments for analysis and optimisation of control loops
• Labsoft browser and course software
• Experiment board dimensions: 570 x 300 x 150 mm (WxHxD)
• Experiment board weight: 5,5 kg

Training contents:

• Operational principles of open- and closed-loop control
• Design and function of continuous and discontinuous controllers
• Temperature control using switching and continuous controllers
• Speed control for a 4-quadrant drive system
• Position control along a linear axis
• Design of lighting control for a room
• Measurement of the response of control loops over time: recording of step response
• Experimental investigation of control response of various continuous controllers
• Parameter setting and optimisation of control loops
• Investigation of control system response to changes in reference and disturbance variables
• Investigation of closed control loops