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A low‐cost, free‐software platform with hard real‐time performance for control engineering education
Author(s) -
GonzálezVargas Andrés M.,
SernaRamirez Juan M.,
ForyAguirre Carlos,
OjedaMisses Alejandro,
CardonaOrdoñez John M.,
TombéAndrade Jimmy,
SoriaLópez Alberto
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.22084
Subject(s) - usb , interface (matter) , computer science , software , operating system , embedded system , graphical user interface , control (management) , open source , computer hardware , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , artificial intelligence
In this paper, we present a novel portable servomechanism control platform for educational purposes. The platform main features are: low cost, reliable and robust hardware, high‐speed USB interface, free open source software (FOSS), graphical interface modeling (via Scilab/XCos) and hard real‐time performance based on the Real‐Time Application Interface for Linux (RTAI). The platform is easy to interface with any computer and can be carried home by students, opening many new possibilities for practical assignments in control courses. We include application examples and student feedback regarding their experience during various workshops in which the system was demonstrated.