Twin Activate: Controlling a Ball Balancing Table


This series has been organized into 9 videos covering an introduction to BBT, general approach to systems modeling and control design. This is part of Twin Activate - System Simulation & Controls eLearning, you can find the files to follow along there.

GETTING STARTED

In this video we will provide an introduction to the system solution for controlling the BBT.   

 

HARDWARE AND PLANT DESCRIPTION

In this video we will look at a description of the hardware in the simulation and an overview of plant modeling. 

 

PERFORMANCE METRICS

In this video we will look at an overview of second order systems and performance metrics.  

 

P CONTROL

In this video we will look at open loop versus closed loop systems, an introduction to PID, and an overview of P control. 

 

PV AND PD CONTROL

In this video we will look at the PV and PFD controls available in the Activate simulation.

 

PID CONTROL

In this video we will look at an overview of the PID controller and the PID controller with anti-windup. 

 

PID CONTROL ANTI-WINDUP OPTIMIZATION

In this video we will look the optimization of the PID controller with anti-windup. 

 

MODEL COMPARISON

In this video we will look at an overview of the plant model comparison and the controller design workflow. 

 

OBSERVERS

In this video we will look at an observer and how it can be designed to estimate the state of a system from measurements of the outputs.  

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