Digital Pendulum Control System 33-005

The Digital Pendulum Control System provides experiments on an inverted balanced pendulum using digital control techniques. It is a single input, single output, non-linear system. The pendulum is self-erecting and can also operate in crane mode.

Curriculum Coverage

• Real time digital control
• On-line model identification & tuning
• Transfer function & state space model in Simulink
• PID control for crane mode or double PID control for crane and pendulum
• Linear quadratic control
• Rule-based control
• Fuzzy-logic control
• Animation

Features

• Dual mode system - crane or inverted pendulum
• Self-erecting pendulum mode
• Extensive MATLAB toolboxes are available from The MathWorks Inc
• An ideal vehicle for both laboratory and project work