| UCLA Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Class Mechatronics Tutorial Module |
| Professor Tsao, UCLA |
| This four-week mechatronics tutorial lab module includes uses LabVIEW programs and analysis tools to realize cruise control (speed following), adaptive cruise control (distance keeping), and steering control on a robotic device. Students with little or no mechatronics knowledge learn to conceptualize, design, and realize embedded real-time systems and apply it to their design projects. |
| Hardware: LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit (DaNI) |
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| Quanser SRV02 Rotary Servo Plant Courseware for LabVIEW |
| National Instruments and Quanser |
| Quanser course materials provide step-by-step pedagogy for a wide range of control challenges. Starting with the basic principles, students can progress to more advanced applications and cultivate a deep understanding of control theories. The following material provides an abbreviated example of pre-lab assignments and in-lab procedures for the SRV02 Rotary Motion Servo Plant. See the Quanser SRV02 and LabVIEW Courseware page for more information. |
| Hardware: Quanser SRV02 and NI CompactRIO |
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| Control Lab Using NI Real-Time Hardware and Educational Control Products (ECP) |
| Robert H. Bishop, University of Texas |
| This module provides the hardware and software tools for introducing fundamental control systems theory with an emphasis on design and implementation. |
| Hardware: PXI and R Series cards |
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| Controls Experiments Using NI ELVIS, Quanser QNETs, and NI LabVIEW |
| Dr. Fouad Mrad, American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| These experiments introduce students to the fundamentals of controls and mechatronics using the NI ELVIS educational platform with Quanser plug-in boards. |
| Hardware: NI ELVIS, QNET DC Motor, QNET HVAC and QNET Rotary Inverted Pendulum |
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| Mechatronics Labs with NI LabVIEW |
| University of California, Santa Barbara |
| You can use this collection of hardware-based exercises and labs to explore controls and mechatronics concepts. |
| Hardware: NI DAQ |
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| Introduction to LabVIEW in Three Hours for Control Design and Simulation |
| National Instruments |
| This three-hour course is designed as an introduction to the control design process using the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module, and includes steps for modeling, designing a controller, simulating the controller, and deploying a controller. |
| Hardware: (optional) NI ELVIS and QNET DC Motor |
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| Getting Started in One Hour with the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module, NI CompactRIO, and Quanser QET DC Motor |
| National Instruments |
| This hands-on tutorial is suitable for controls, mechatronics, and robotics projects. An NI CompactRIO device is interfaced to a Quanser Engineering Trainer (QET) DC Motor for implementing speed control. You also can use this tutorial with an NI Single-Board RIO, PCI, or PXI plug-in reconfigurable I/O (RIO) device. |
| Hardware: NI CompactRIO and QET DC Motor |
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| Controls Tutorials in LabVIEW |
| National Instruments |
| Learn how to use LabVIEW for the analysis and design of control systems, including the most common classical control design techniques (PID, root locus, and frequency response) as well as some modern (state-space) control design and digital control. |
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| Using NI System Identification, Control Design, and Simulation Products for Design |
| National Instruments |
| Examine the process of designing a closed-loop control system, or plant, using the NI system identification and control design assistants. |
| Hardware: NI DAQ and QET DC Motor |
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| Identification of Closed-Loop Systems |
| National Instruments |
| Learn how to use the LabVIEW System Identification Toolkit to implement different approaches to closed-loop identification, including direct, indirect, and joint input/output. |
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| Schools Using DaNI for Teaching Robotics, Mechatronics, and Capstone |
| Learn how universities and colleges worldwide use the NI LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit (DaNI) to enhance robotics and mechatronics education, and see videos of DaNI in action. |
| Hardware: LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit (DaNI) |
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| MIT Students Use LabVIEW and CompactRIO to Design and Implement a Dynamic Output Feedback Controller |
| Learn how professors at MIT use LabVIEW to improve their controls course. By switching to the NI hardware and software platform, they were able to simplify their lab configurations, reduce setup time, and enhance the student learning experience. |
| Hardware: NI CompactRIO |
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| Two-Wheeled Balancing Transport Platform |
| A senior design team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) set out to develop an interdisciplinary mechatronic system by designing and prototyping a two-wheeled robotic locomotion platform inspired by the Segway Human Transporte |
| Hardware: NI CompactRIO |
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