You can use it to demonstrate realworld control challenges such as aircraft roll control. Labview software was used to program the tribometer and collect normal load and friction force data. The main ideas of the paper are to model the ball and beam system considering nonlinear factors and coupling effect and to design proportional integral derivative pid. Pid controllers are designed based on labview program. Graphical programming basics see how to connect functions and work with a variety of datatypes when constructing applications. If the download request form appears which only occurs the first time you go to our website and request literature, fill in the. Oregon physics develops and markets advanced ion and electron beam products for scientific and industrial applications.
The srv02 ball and beam module can also be accompanied by a remote ball sensor called the ss01 module. Experimental control design for ball and beam system author. The acrome ball and beam control system trainer kit is designed for the study of the fundamentals of automatic control theory. The assignment was to construct a ball and beam control system. Students are able to understand system design approaches with ball and beams learnbydoing method. When the angle is changed from the horizontal position. Our ball and beam system provides practicing the automatic control theory on a closed loop experiment. The ball and beam module consists of a steel rod in parallel with a nickelchromium, wirewound resistor forming the track on which the metal ball is free to roll. The first one, a fuzzy logic controller has been developed with the help of simulink and. Isbn 9789533076508, pdf isbn 9789535155515, published 20110801. A feasibility assessment of using ultrasonic sensor. Ball and beam is a common feedback control system application, due mostly to its ease in construction and its use in learning. A ball is placed on a beam, see figure below, where it is allowed to roll with 1 degree of freedom along the length of the beam. Ball and beam is a common feedback control system application, due mostly to its ease in.
Engi5969 degree project ball and beam balancer april 3, 2006 professor. Before obtaining a step response, we must set the physical parameters. Labview is systems engineering software for applications that require test, measurement, and control with rapid access to hardware and data insights. Uses the control algorithm to automatically position the ball at the desired setpoint. Educational systems including delta robot, 1dof helicopter and ball beam, are controlled via using both labview fpga. In our project, weve developed two controllers to stabilize the system. The full product is comprised of both software and hardware. Develop labview software to utilize different testing equipment such as spectrum. Ball and beam components the ball and beam components are identified in section 2. The analysis program computed the average friction coefficient by averaging the friction force over the mid 80% of the track and dividing by the mean load. This paper presents a webbased control laboratory of a nonlinear and unstable system. Here i am going to guide all of you, about creating your first program using ni labview programming.
Ejemplo arduino pid discreto labview ball and beam youtube. Creating first project using labview programming the. It is a great introduction to linear systems and cascade controllers. Introduce unstable closed loop system control concepts in the lab with the ball and beam module for the rotary servo srv02. This permits a masterslave configuration where the ball command is generated by the ss01 instead of through a program. This is mainly used for controlling the instruments, automation of industries, and daq data acquisition, etc. Labview projects for beginners and engineering students. Modular design high quality precision crafted parts. The software was developed using labviews prebuilt library of control functions. Ball and beam using a camera and ni labview youtube. The scxi chassis hosts the scxi1121, 4channel sensor input module, which is directly. Responsible for developing and debugging labview codes. National instruments labview 6i software is used for acquisition, analysis and presentation of data. Design and implementation of ball and beam system using.
Since 2005, we are developing software for leading companies in india and abroad. More sensitive for program and the real time position control of the dc motor 4. Predesigned ballandbeam model and controllers are ready for performance measurements and observing responses of fundamental controller types. The programming representation used in labview is named as g, which depends on the. Experimental control design for ball and beam system issuu.
We control the classic ball and beam system using a camera as feedback. Erdem varer managing partner plant factory linkedin. A lever arm is attached to the beam at one end and a servo gear at the other. The center and the diameter of the recorded image were fitted using an ellipse function available in the labview software. Bap is a continuous beam analysis program that solves for reactions, shear, moment, deflection, and rotation at points along the length of the beam.
Getting started program with rich graphical user interface for outofthebox user. Customizable software with userfriendly gui national instruments labview based open source software allows students implementing their own controller designs. Software for thorlabs beam profilers and m 2 measurement systems. Ball and beam system can be used for a wide range of control system design implementations from basic linear controllers to advanced nonlinear methods. Labview environment basics examine the most important building blocks for any labview application, including the front panel, block diagram, palettes, controls, and indicators. Labview is interfaced to the ball and beam setup through. Aquires and visualises data from the ir sensor, which monitors the position of the ball.
Firmware update for the bp209 scanningslit beam profilers. Using labview makes the application very useful for teaching and. The hardware should be purchased separately from acrome. The ball and beam system is laboratory equipment with high nonlinearity in its dynamics. If you have other better options, welcome to share by post under forum on our website download the labview package in the link below. Odel t o develop a ball and beam controller, a state space system model was developed. The ball and beam system is one of the most popular and perhaps one of the most important. The complete description of the dynamics of the ball rolling on the beam is quite complicated and for control. The ball and beam module can be operated in standalone mode, and the ball position can be controlled via the user interface. Labview 20 for myrio module, labview 20 pid and fuzzy logic toolkit. The ball and beam module can also be paired with an additional remote sensor module, in which case the system operates in a masterslave mode where the ball on the beam will follow the reference ball position of the second. For this kit, we use the labview software for control on pc.
The labview codes have been attached to this project. Control of a ball and beam system using fuzzy logic. Controlling the position of a ball on a beam is one of the classical problems of control theory. Open source software makes it possible that students and researchers can modify and test their own developed algorithms. The acrome ball and beam control system trainer kit is designed for the study of the fundamentals of. Practical applications and solutions using labview software. The ball and beam system consists of a long beam together with a ball rolling back and forth on top of the beam. Average the two ball positions from the two polynomials in labview to get one final ball position measurement x this is the value well use for our ball position throughout the lab. The position of the ball is measured by a distance sensor mounted at the end of the beam. Using code composer studio software, we received that data and used it to turn on five different leds corresponding to five different position ranges of the ball on the beam. T he system model served to specify which model parameters needed to be identified. Ball and beam control system trainer kit by acrome national. Labview implementation of ball and beam system using. Iacsit international journal of engineering and technology.
This paper presents a realtime application of ball and beam controlled by pid controller designed based on labview program and the real time position. Our entire labview team is located in thane near mumbai, maharashtra. Acrome ball and beam system is ideal to introduce students to the. Iacsit international journal of engineering and technology, vol. Place the ball on the beam from 30cm to 30cm in steps of 5cm and record this ball position in your previously created table of values. The software is available for purchase on the labview tools network. The beamviewusb software package includes an example labview vi for remote access to most beamview features at a host computer running labview. The program acquired 256 load and force points per cycle.
Labview has a great online support, yu should also have a look at this online labview community because its very extensive and has great projects and tutorials. Originally released for the apple macintosh in 1986, labview is commonly used for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation on a variety of operating systems oss, including microsoft windows, various versions of unix, linux, and macos the latest versions of labview are labview 2019. Ball and plate control system 33052 feedback instruments. Ball and beam control system trainer kit by acrome. Application of a labview for realtime control of ball and. Different control strategies, apart from the traditional pid, as robust, fuzzy and pdreset control have been taken to give students a wider vision of control approaches. The track is effectively a potentiometer, outputting a voltage thats proportional to the position of the ball.
Simulink modeling section, and can be downloaded by rightclicking here and then selecting save link as. The goal for this project is to control the position of a ball on a beam that is. This was a school project, the assignment was to construct a ball and beam control system. As a result, the central thickness of the ball lens can be measured with high precision using the same probe, but in a confocal mode. All signals are fed through an scxi chassis to a desktop computer equipped with a pci6024e data acquisition board.
Software for thorlabs beam profilers and m 2 measurement. The pitch is controlled by a servo that is connected to an arduino. A ping pong ball sits on top of the beam rolling forwards and backwards according to the pitch of the beam. Click the beamviewusb software installation guide link to view the document. Learn more about ball and beam, final year project, beam angle and lever arm offset relation matlab. Application of a labview for realtime control of ball and beam.
As the servo gear turns by an angle, the lever changes the angle of the beam by. Apply to software engineer, controls engineer, senior software test engineer and more. The ball and beam system constitutes a classic control system problem. If sophisticated computation software is used for control, no such neglect is.
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