Control of a real system by a time-shared computer
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Authors
Browne, Edward R.
Smith, John S.
Subjects
Advisors
Strum, Robert D.
Date of Issue
1965
Date
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
Advances in digital computer technology have led to employment of
the computer as a control device. Although many theories for utilization
of the digital computer as the compensator in a position feedback control
system have been proposed, there is little documentation of digital
control performance in a hardware environment. This thesis is an
investigation of the performance of a real system under sampled-data
control. The variable gain amplifier sampled-data control theory is
first simulated and then tested on a real system. The hardware and
software developments necessary for implementing this control theory
are discussed in detail. Additionally, this method is incorporated in
a time-sharing computer program for controlling many systems simultaneously
from a single computer. Results of the tests are presented and
evaluated.
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Thesis
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Department
Electrical Engineering