LT-MC306 Linear Servo Base Unit

Labtronic offers the linear servo base unit, designed for linear control research. It provides an ideal platform for teaching fundamental control concepts and theories in a simple, user-friendly manner. This unit enables instructors to present trainees with various linear control challenges. Practical applications, such as cruise control in automobiles and guiding the position of mobile robots or rovers, demonstrate real-world uses of linear control systems. The unit's straightforward design and versatility make it a valuable tool for understanding and applying linear control principles in both educational and practical settings.

Learning Objectives:

Understanding Lead compensator design.
Enhancing skills in obtaining PID control.
Deriving dynamic models from first principles.
Familiarization with various modeling topics.
Techniques for model validation.
Transfer function representation.

Demonstrates basic control ideas and theories on a user-friendly platform.
Covers three major labs:

Modeling
Position control
Speed control

Trainees compare theoretical models with real device outcomes.
Combines theoretical and practical controls for enhanced learning.
Applicable to real-world scenarios like automobile cruise control.
Composed of a cart powered by a DC motor through a rack and pinion system for consistent traction.
Cart has a rotational metal shaft for attaching a free-turning pendulum.
Includes two encoders for measuring the cart position and pendulum shaft.
Includes an amplifier for complex control configurations with current detection and data acquisition.
Comes with software for system control.
Combatable with MATLAB and Simulnik