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Modern Laboratory Concept for Mechatronic Education

Paper describes development of mechatronic laboratory at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of electrical engineering and computing. A key feature of our project is integration of a mechanical modelling, simulation and animation, control algorithm development and real-time control of mechatronic systems. Mechatronic models cover undergraduate (second course), project (seminars) graduate and research level with experimental work. Development system with one hardware/software platform and target system with real-time hardware/software support are connected in unique system. Proposed system use microprocessor of personal computer (PC) for simulation and software development as well as for real-time control. Control algorithm, designed and simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment, use graphically oriented software interface for real-time code generation. This application oriented code is running under the same PC. Each mechatronic module can be used for different experiments from low to high level of difficulties. Some experiments, like crane anti-swaying control and optimal crane control algorithms are financially supported by Swedish company ABB.

mechatronic education; matlab/simulink; PC based real-time system

Zbornik ISBN 953-233-001-1