Controlling An Inverted Pendulum Using Microcontroller

von Martine Maradona

84 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Inverted pendulum is an example of naturally unstable system. In order to stabilize an inverted pendulum, a proper controller should be used. One of the famous controllers is PID. PID controller can be analog (consist of several operational amplifiers) or digital. In this book, a microcontroller is used as a digital PID controller. The real PID formula contains a differentials equation. An 8-bit microcontroller is not fast enough to calculate such formula within a short time (less than 10ms). Therefore, the formula should be first simplified; hence, the microcontroller can perform the computation in a tight timing. The actuator for this inverted pendulum is a DC motor. The speed of the motor is controlled using PWM (Pulse Width Modulator).

• Themen: Informatik und Informationstechnologie Computerhardware
• ISBN: 9783659670008
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2015
• Größe: 220 x 150 mm
• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing