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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Controller Implementation"”.
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Digital Controller Implementation For Disturbance Rejection In The Optical Coupling Of A Mobile Experimental Laser Tracking Systems
… implemented. For an initial test, several PID controllers were utilized in parallel in order to control mirrors in the optical coupling. Despite many limiting factors of the hardware, a simple proportional control performed to expectations. Although a system implementation was never field …
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Verification of Digital Controller Verifications
… of a closed-loop control system with a software controller implementation. The usual approach to verifying stability for software uses experiments which are costly and can be dangerous. More recently, mathematical models of software have been proposed which can be used to reason about the …
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Modeling and Control of Single Switch Bridgeless SEPIC PFC Converter
… power conversion stage. However, designing a controller to meet stability requirements and international standards is quite challenging for SEPIC converters. Additionally, if the digital controller is adopted for its built-in communication features, creating a digitally controlled SEPIC …
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Nonlinear control of an aerobatic RC airplane
An automatic flight controller based on the ideas of backstepping is applied to an aerobatic RC airplane. The controller asymptotically tracks a time-parameterized position reference, and depends on an orientation look-up rule to determine the vehicle orientation from a desired acceleration. A …
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Fractional Order Systems:PID Controller Design and Fractional Order Element Modeling
… auto-tuning procedure of Fractional Order PID Controllers PID proposing also a future implementation via fractional order elements. The Thesis is organized in four chapters to outline the different research activity phases developed during the Ph.D. course. In the Chapter 1 an overview on …
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High-performance torque control of switched reluctance motor
… and computationally simple for real-time controller implementation. Both indirect torque control (IDTC) and direct torque control (DTC) approaches have been explored for phase torque tracking control. Advanced model-free and model-based nonlinear control techniques have been investigated. …
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A neural network-based controller for a single-link flexible manipulator using the inverse dynamics approach
… Numerical simulations as well as real-time controller implementation on an experimental setup are carried out. The results achieved by the proposed neural network-based controller are compared in simulations and experimentally with conventional PD-type and inverse dynamics controls to …
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A Zenith Z-100 Emulator
… they ineffectively implement the floppy disk controller, preventing a proper transfer of the operating system from disk into memory. This project is an attempt to write a complete emulation of the Z-100 system. Improving on previous emulations, a novel implementation of the Western Digital …
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Reconfigurable autopilot design for a high performance aircraft using model predictive control
… surface failures have prompted research into controllers with a degree of reconfiguration. This thesis will describe a design approach incorporating Model Predictive Control (MPC) with a self updating model to achieve a level of reconfiguration in a generic high performance aircraft. MPC has …
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Direct Adaptive Control for a Trajectory Tracking UAV
… under certain conditions. Specific adaptive controller implementation details are provided, including the use of a sensor blending algorithm to address the non-minimum phase properties of the UAV models. The robustness of the adaptive system pertaining to the amount of modeling error that can …
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Three-phase power conversion using soft-switching PWM techniques
… converters 3. Design of microprocessor controllers for three-phase converters. An analysis of existing soft-switching PWM techniques is performed, and two generalized soft-switching PWM converter circuit representations are derived. Based on these representations and common topological …
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Contract-based safety verification for autonomous driving
… by acting as a design requirement for the controller implementation of the system. The contracts consider a large variety of road models, guarantee that the controlled system will remain safe with respect to probabilistic models of traffic behavior, and ensure that it will follow the rules …
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A Structured Approach to Defining Active Suspension Requirements
… will be much more important for real time controller implementation.
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Modeling and Control of the UGV Argo J5 with a Custom-Built Landing Platform
… dynamic model and implement several navigation controllers for path tracking and dynamic self-leveling of the Argo J5 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) with a custom-built landing platform. The overall model is derived by combining the Argo J5 driveline system with the wheelsterrain interaction …
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Intelligent Neural Network Control System Design and FPGA Based Implementation
… neural network control system design and implementation for engineering applications. In this study, the effectiveness of single multiplicative neuron (SMN) in place of traditional multi-layer perceptron (MLP) is investigated. The objectives were to (i) verify the feasibility of SMN based …
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A gestalt framework for virtual machine control of automated tools
… will enable individuals to rapidly construct controllers and rich user interfaces for automated personal fabrication tools. The approach taken is that of a software-based virtual machine controlling a physical machine. This allows for increased modularity in controller implementation, and …
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Systems Approaches to Enhance Performance and Applicability of Microbial Fuel Cells
… focusing on overcoming these issues. <br/><br/>Implementation of an MFC system for wastewater treatment would require a large array of MFCs to meet the treatment capacity of the wastewater treatment plant. Commissioning and continual operation of such MFCs would require rapid and cost-effective …
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Advanced Control Schemes for High-Bandwidth Multiphase Voltage Regulators
… performance, noise-insensitivity, and simpler implementation than the state-of-the-art method. Secondly, the current state-of-the-art adaptive current-mode control based on constant-frequency PWM is reviewed, and its inability to maintain adequate stability margin in high-BW design is …
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