Project Background Project Objectives Project Scope Problem Statement Report Outline

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project Background

Control system is a system or a device or set of device to manage, conduct command, order and direct or regulate the behaviors of the other device or one system. With it we can control or change the speed of the motor to our own desired one. So, this proposed project is about to develop a user interface of these controllers for controlling the speed of the motor which means user can control the servo system variable via Personal Computer PC. The development of user interface will be implementing using Mathwork Matlab Simulink software. This produced system will incorporate interactive and graphical for convenience and user-friendly.

1.2 Project Objectives

The main objectives of this project are to execute laboratory exercises for DC servo system with aided control from Personal Computer PC. Other purposes of this project are:  To improve the experiment studies on analog servo control system.  To avoid difficulties with analog implementation  To implement computer control on the MS150 Modular Servo System

1.3 Project Scope

This project may cover an experiment of servo control system, which is simple speed control system. It also may cover:  Using Matlab Simulink Real-Time Workshop to run the servo system in computer environment.  Develop user interface in computer environment.  Implement DAQCard Advantech PCI-1711 to interfacing servo system with computer.  Using Feedback MS150 Modular Servo System for project hardware

1.4 Problem Statement

The laboratory exercise usually tuned manually. Therefore, some problem might occur during laboratory session. Those problems are:  Less accurate in tuning the experiment equipment.  Difficult to test the designed digital servo control model.  Less accurate in data acquisition for analysis.

1.5 Report Outline

Layout of the thesis will tell the flow of the whole thesis and its contents. This could be the referring section for this project. Chapter 1 shows the introduction of the project, the abstract as the initial summary for whole project. It also contains a brief introduction that gives the idea of the whole project. Problems that bring the idea to implement this project also stated in this chapter. This chapter also includes the main objectives of the project and the scope of whole project. Chapter 2 contains the theory of the whole project. It comprises the element that need to be covered in this project. The theories of the project are based from the references that will be guidance for the project. Chapter 3 indicates the methodology to complete and success the project. Project methodology is about defining fundamental principles, rules and manners to complete the project. It is a way to use all available techniques, tools and approaches used to achieve predetermined objectives. It shows the flow of the project from the beginning and illustrates with the flow chart that review the important methods that should be considered by developers before a project is carried out. It is important for a developer to demonstrate an awareness of methodological tools available and the understanding that is suitable for the project. Chapter 4 likewise point out the results and discussion of the project. The developed real-time data simulation system will be shown in the result part. For the discussion part, the system will be compare with manual tuning experiment to make sure it is in accurate condition. Chapter 5 shows the final conclusion and suggestion for future work for this project. The suggestion includes the idea how to make this simulation package more reliable and efficient in the future. CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction