EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Team Blue Heron: Educational Ball and Beam Feedback Control System Authors Bryan Weber David Kim Thomas Neveu Advisor Dr. Peter Osterberg Dr. Robert Albright Industry Representative Mr. Mike DeSmith - Intel
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Agenda Introduction Thomas Background Thomas Methods Bryan Results David Conclusions David Demonstration Team Acknowledgments Thomas
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction Goal: Develop a ball and beam feedback control system Why: To provide an educational tool that demonstrates control theory
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Background Objectives: Long-lasting and interactive feedback system Inspiration –Magnetic levitation –Inverted pendulum
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Research Evencio A. Rosales Armin Ataei-Esfahani Ben S. Cazzolato and Wei Wang Professors Bill Messner and Dawn Tilbury
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Block Diagrams
EE/CS 481 Spring MATLAB Analysis Final Transfer Function: Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Circuit Design
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering MATLAB Stability Analysis
EE/CS 481 Spring Results – Circuit Design University of Portland School of Engineering Founder’s Day, 2008
EE/CS 481 Spring Results – Oscilloscope University of Portland School of Engineering Founder’s Day, 2008
EE/CS 481 Spring Results – Issues Noise filters –Power source –Gain stages Wrong motor University of Portland School of Engineering Founder’s Day, 2008
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions Electrical design works But, wrong motor Future work required Overall success: learning experience
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Demonstration
EE/CS 481 Spring Acknowledgments Dr. Osterberg Neil Tuttle Jesse Fledderjohann Josh Triska Mike DeSmith Dr. Albright Rick Severs Sandy Ressel Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering
EE/CS 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering Thank You. Are there any questions?
EE/CS 481 Spring Damping Example Founder’s Day, 2008 University of Portland School of Engineering