Ball and Beam Infosheet
2Pages

BALL AND BEAM Realize control theory with ACROME Ball and Beam System! Controlling the position of a ball on a beam is one of the conventional problems of the control theory. OVERVIEW Ball and Beam system can be used for a wide range of control system design implementations from basic linear controllers to advance nonlinear methods. Students are able to understand system design approaches with hands-on methodology. Effects of linearization, modelling errors and control algorithm's defficiencies could be visually distinguished and further analyzed thanks to the provided Graphical User Interface. User Interface contains plots of the simulated response and system's real measured values. OPEN-SOURCE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE Ball and Beam System, with its easily accessible and student-friendly components, is a hands on experiment, closing the gap between real industrial systems and DIY-approach. Compatibility of NI myRIO and Arduino enables the students to design complex applications and engineering systems quicker and easier than ever before. CREATIVE USER-FRIENDLY GUI Available in NI LabVIEW or Matlab / Simulink as an open source software allows students to implement their own controller designs. Predesigned ball-and-beam model and controllers are ready for performance measurements and observing responses of fundamental controller types. User-friendly GUI includes 3D model of ball-and-beam system. Steady-state error for standard test inputs, phase difference and amplitude ratio for sinusoidal inputs can be easily covered due to graphical demonstration for both simulated system and real system.

FEATURES Compatible with NI myRIO and Arduino Actuating the beam by an RC servo motor, which is familiar to students Ready to control plant with the integrated power unit Enables students to design their own real-time Suitable for linear and advanced nonlinear control methods Open architecture with extensive courseware, suitable Ball position sensing by a linear potentiometer for undergraduate courses for engineering disciplines related to control systems CURRICULUM COMPONENTS OF BALL AND BEAM SYSTEM RC Servo Motor Potentiometer Sensor Microcontroller Power Supply Box Mechanics of the...