Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.

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Vi Microsystems proudly offers 29 types of Control Laboratory Trainers. These trainers are

designed for Control Systems Laboratory for Engineering Students in many discipline

The trainers are,

01. a. DC Servo motor control system : [ ITB-PEC00S ]

b. DC Servo motor PID Controller : [ITB-PECOOSI]

02. a. DC Motor position control system : [ ITB-PEC-01 ]

b. DSP Based DC Servo motor position control system : [ VPET-107 ]

03. a. Process Control simulator [For Linear system & PID study] : [ PCS-01 ]

b. Tunning of Controllers [Digital controller PC Based] : [ PCS-02 ]

04. Digital Control System : [ VDCS-01 ]

05. Digital Simulation of linear Systems : [ VDCS-02 ]

06. Temperature control system : [ VTCS-02 ]

07. Relay Control System : [ VRCS-01 ]

08. Lead-Lag Network Simulator : [ VLLN-01 ]

09. Light intensity control system : [ VLICS-01 ]

10. Potentiometer error Detector : [ VPED-01 ]

11. Design of PID controller : [ VPCS-03 ]

12. Stability Analysis of Linear System : [ VPCS-04 ]

13. Linear Variable Differential Transformer : [ ITB-012 ]

14. Stepper Motor characteristics study module : [ VSMT- 02 ]

15. DC Motor & DC Generator Transfer Function Study Trainer : [ PEC14HV1 ]

16. Speed measurement & closed loop Control of AC servo motor : [ PEC00A ]

17. Simulation of Transfer Function Using Operational Amplifier : [ VSTF - 01 ]

18. Temperature measurement & Controller using various transduces : [ VTC - 02 ]

19. Level Control System : [ VCET - 01 ]

20. Synchro Transmitter Receiver Trainer : [ PEC - 03 ]

21. Analog PID Controller : [ VAPID- 01 ]

22. AC Servo Position Control System : [ PEC - 02 ]

23. Analog Computer Trainer : [ VCET - 05 ]

24. Ward Leonard Speed Control System Transfer Function : [ PEC14HV2 ]

25. PC Based DC Motor controller : [ PCS-07 ]

26. PC Based Position control system : [ ITB-PEC01A ]

27. DC Servo Motor

28. AC Servo Motor : [ VPET - 302 ]

29. Frequency Response Analysis of Lead lag Network (PID) : [ PCS - 03 ]

The detailed specifications of the above said module are as follows.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.,
[2]

1. a. DC SERVO MOTOR CONTROLLER : [ITB-PEC00S]

MOTOR CONTROLLER

This trainer designed for versatile Applications / Experiments mentioned above. It consists of

(i) a PWM Chopper Drive using MOSFET (ii) DC Servo Motor (iii) Speed Sensor (v) PI Loop

for Speed. This Trainer system is a compact &advanced version for class room experiment setup

for the students to operate and study a practical speed measurement using optical sensors and

speed control system.

FEATURES

* One 12V, PM DC Motor, mounted on a open frame.

* Speed Range: 0 to 1500 RPM.

* Speed Sensor fixed on the frame.

# Photon interrupter with optical Encoders.

* One F/V converter provided to convert the pulses to voltage output,

* Speed controller provided to select

# Proportional circuit.

# Proportional plus integral circuit.

* One 3½ digit display to display the speed of the DC Servo motor / set value.
* A Switch provided to select the reference or the actual speed.

* All Important signals are terminated at sockets so that the student can monitor / measure

the signals using CRO, DVM, Frequency counter etc.

POWER AMPLIFIER

* PWM based MOSFET Power Amplifier.

* One MOSFET as power device.

* Rating : 500V @ 8 Amp.

* Control circuitry with opto-coupler Isolation.

* One potentiometer provided to control the duty cycle of the chopper.

* Provision to feed the control voltage to vary the duty cycle from the Personal computer

/ Microprocessor / Microcontrollers.

LOAD

* Eddy Current Magnetic Loading Arrangement.

POWER SUPPLY

* Input 230V +10%, 50Hz, Single phase AC.

* +15V at 0.5A DC regulated output for control circuitry.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [3]

EXPERIMENTS

1. Speed Vs Voltage Characteristics.

2. Speed Vs Torque Characteristics.

3. To determine the motor gain constant Km and Torque Constant Kit.

4. Study of control system components.

5. Study of Power Amplifier - determination.

6. Study of Error Amplifier.

7. Study of controller to measure its gain.

8. Closed loop performance of the system with PI controller.

9. Effect of disturbance input on open loop and closed loop system with P-Controller.

10. Study of Closed Loop System with PI-Controller.

11. Study of disturbance rejection with P and PI controller for various value of gains.Vi Microsystems
Pvt. Ltd., [4]

1. b. DC SERVO MOTOR PID CONTROLLER:[ITB-PEC00SI]

MOTOR CONTROLLER

This trainer designed for versatile Applications/Experiments. It consists of i) a PWM Chopper

Drive using MOSFET ii). DC Servo Motor iii). Speed Sensor iv) PID Loop for Speed control

iv) Sine and square wave generator setup for producing step, Ramp, sinusoidal waveforms.

This Trainer system is a compact & advanced version for class room experiment set up for the

students to operate and study a practical speed measurement using optical sensors and speed

control system. A total of 16 experiments can be conducted by using this module.

FEATURES

* One 12V, PM DC Motor, mounted on a open frame.

* Speed Range : 0 to 1500 RPM.

* Speed Sensor fixed on the frame.

# Photon interrupter with optical Encoders.

* One F/V converter provided to convert the pulses to voltage output.

* PID Speed controller provided to select individually.

# Proportional circuit.

# Proportional + Integral circuit.

# Proportional + Integral + Derivative circuit.

* One 3½ digit display to display the original existing speed of the DC Servo motor/ set

value.

* A Switch provided to select the reference or the actual Speed.

* A Switch to select between internal and external mode of operation.

* One 3½ digit display to display the Armature Voltage or Armature Current, selectable by

a Toggle Switch.

* A Separate panel for function generator to produce step, sinusoidal and Ramp waveforms

with options for varying frequency, amplitude, offset and Range.

* All Important signals are terminated at sockets so that the student can monitor / measure

the signals using Digital Storage CRO, DVM, Frequency counter etc.

POWER AMPLIFIER

* PWM based MOSFET Power Amplifier.

* One MOSFET as power device.

* Rating : 500V @ 8 Amp.

* Control circuitry with opto-coupler Isolation.

* One potentiometer provided to control the duty cycle of the chopper.

* Provision to feed the control voltage, as External voltage from the personal computer/

Microprocessor / Microcontrollers.

* XR2206 for producing different waveforms.

* One Range selection switch to select from 0.02 Hz to 2KHz.

* Two switches provided to select between Sine, Ramp and step inputs.

* Potentiometers to vary frequency, Amplitude and offset.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [5]

POWER SUPPLY

* Input 230V +10%, 50Hz, Single phase AC.

* +15V at 0.5A DC regulated output for control circuitry.

LOADING ARRANGEMENT

* Eddy Current Magnetic Loading Arrangement.

EXPERIMENTS

1. Speed Vs Voltage Characteristics.

2. Speed Vs Torque Characteristics.

3. To determine the motor gain constant

Km and Torque Constant Kit.

4. Study of frequency response using step

input.

5. Study of frequency response using

sinusoidal input.

6. Study of frequency response using

Ramp input.

7. Study of Closed loop second order

response of the system using PID

controller.

8. Study of control system components.

9. Study of Power Amplifier - determination.

10. Study of Error Amplifier.

11. Study of controller to measure its gain.

12. Closed loop performance of the system with P controller.

13. Effect of disturbance input on open loop and closed loop system with p-controller.

14. Study of Closed Loop System with PI-Controller.

15. Study of Closed loop system with PID Controllers.

16. Study of disturbance rejection with P and PID controller for various value of gains.Vi
Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [6]

2. a. DC MOTOR POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM: [ITB-PEC01]

This trainer system is a compact & advanced version for class room experiment set up for The

students to operate and study a practical position control system. A variety of Experiments can

be conducted using this Trainer system.

The DC motor position control trainer consists of,

1. Controller

2. Converter

3. Mechanical Setup

CONTROLLER

* 2 Analog PI controller provided for position control with cascaded feedback (Position &

Speed)

* PI controller provided with Front panel variable setting for,

a. Variable gain for Proportional controller (P)

b. Variable Integral Time for Integral controller (I)

CONVERTER

* 4 Quadrant MOSFET chopper provided for forward & reverse direction

* MOSFET driver providedVi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [7]

MECHANICAL SETUP

* One PMDC 12 volt with Gear provided.

* Motor speed 1500rpm.

* Gear ratio 30: 1 to run 50rpm speed.

* One Servo potentiometer provided at the low speed shaft for position setting.

OTHER FEATURES

* One Tachogenerator is provided cascaded feedback.

* One 31 digit display can be used to display the actual & reference position (3 digit)Vi Microsystems
Pvt. Ltd., [8]

b. DSP BASED DC SERVO MOTOR POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM:[VPET - 107]

This trainer system is a compact & advanced version for class room experiment set up for the

students to operate and study a practical position control system. A variety of Experiments can

be conducted using this Trainer system.

The DC motor position control trainer consists of,

1. DSP based Controller

2. Converter

3. Motor Setup

DSP BASED CONTROLLER

* One powerful DSP controller with software.

* 16x2 Alphanumeric display provided to display the speed, position and velocity.

* 6x2 matrix keyboard provided to feed the input.

CONVERTER

* 4 Quadrant MOSFET Chopper circuit to drive the motor.

* Dual MOSFET driver with 4 MOSFET and bridge rectifier with filtering circuit also

provided.

MOTOR SETUP

* 12V/1.5A PMDC Motor with gear 30:1 ratio.

* Quadrature optical encoder of 512 ppr in the without gear side.

* One opto coupler provided for zero sensing.

* This setup fixed in a metal base plate.

OTHER FEATURES

* Built-in Power supply.

* Cables provided to link the mechanical setup and controller unit.

EXPERIMENTS

* Speed control of DC Servo motor.

* Position control of DC servo motor.

* Measure the velocity.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [9]

3. a. PROCESS CONTROL SIMULATOR :[PCS - 01] [FOR LINEAR SYSTEM & PID

STUDY]

The process control simulator is a special purpose analog simulator with operational amplifiers

The simulator permits a detailed analysis of the first order, second order and 3 order systems

rd

and the application of proportional, integral and derivative control to the improvement of their

performance. The simulator may be used at high speed for oscilloscope observation or at a low

speed for meter observation.

Frequency Response Analysis of PID controller & process can be studied for a wide range of

frequencies (0.5Hz to 1KHz)

FEATURES

* Built-in Function Generator (Sine & Square wave).

* Self contained power supplies and power ON/OFF switch.

* Simulated distance-velocity lag.

* Full mimic diagrams in the front panel.

* The simulated process

# Simple Lag of 10ms, 2 lags of time constant 10ms that can be toggled to integrators

of same time constant

# Distance-velocity lag & delay 10ms

* The simulated PID controller

# Integral action control scaled in integral action time.

# Derivative action control scaled in derivative action time.

# Proportional band control scaled in % proportional bandVi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 10 ]

SPECIFICATIONS

PROCESS

* Time constant of simple lags - 10ms (fast) of 1ms(slow)

* Time constant of Integrators - 10ms (fast) of 1ms(slow)

* Distance - velocity lag - 10ms

CONTROLLER

* Set Value Range - 0 to + 10V

* Integral action Time range(Ti) - 250ms to 5 ms (fast);

25s to 0.5s (slow)

* Derivative action Time range(Td) - 0-20ms (fast); 0-2 s (slow)

* Proportional Band (p) - Corresponding to gain constants

0.5 to 25.

* Display

# 2 Nos of Analog meters (centre zero meters) provided to monitor the set value and

measured value / deviation.

EXPERIMENTS

1. Time domain study of a Linear system (process) & PID controller.

2. Frequency Response Analysis of a process & PID controller.

3. Open loop & closed loop response of 1st, 2 and 3 order process. (Type 0 and Type 1

nd rd

system).

4. Open loop and closed loop responses of various process configurations.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.,
[ 11 ]

3. b. TUNNING OF CONTROLLERS:[PCS-02] (DIGITAL CONTROLLER PC BASED)

FEATURES

* Software Features

# Provided data logging

# Menu driven

# Graphical display

# Process trend plot

# Real time on screen

monitoring

* Hardware Features:

# 12 Bit, 8 Channel ADC of (0-5V) DC

# 12 Bit, Single channel DAC of +5V DC

* Features of Process:

# Four single orders process of 1ms and 2ms Fixed gain and Time constant.

# Four Single order process for Design (User can design the individual process with

required time constant and Gain)

# Provision to study 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 order response

st nd rd th

# In Built IC regulated power supply

# Mounted in an attractive powder coated cabinet

EXPERIMENTS

* Study of process using Process reaction curve (Ziegler Nicholas method)

* Study of Continuous oscillation method (Method II)

* Design of controller using Root Locus method

* Design of controllers using bode plot

* Design of controller using (Polar plot) Nyquist method

* Design of controller by Ruth Hurwitz criteria method

Note: For Design calculations MATLAB Software should be provided by the InstitutionVi
Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 12 ]

4. DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM:[VDCS - 01]

A 89C51Microcontroller kit has been used in this trainer to implement a Digital control system.

An operation amplifier based second order process is provided to study & test the Digital

controller.

* 89C51 Microcontroller as Digital controller.

* 8K Bytes of user RAM having P, P+I, P+I+D algorithm.

* P, I, D gains can be varied by program.

* 32K bytes of EPROM / ROM expansion provides the program memory to execute user

program.

* 8 channel 8 bit ADC.

* One 8 bit DAC.

* Built-in power supply.

PANEL FEATURES

* Simulated process:

# Simple lag of 10ms, 2 lags of time constant 10ms that can be toggled to integrators

of same time constant.

# Distance-velocity lag & delay 10ms.

* Built-in Sine, Square wave generators.

SPECIAL FEATURES

* Many input/output signals are terminated at sockets.

* Patch chords provided to interconnect the signals to form the designed experiment.Vi
Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 13 ]

5. DIGITAL SIMULATION OF LINEAR SYSTEMS: [VDCS-02]

PANEL FEATURES

* Simulated Process.

* Self contained square wave generators.

* Frequency range 0.1 to 1 Hz

* Amplitude Range : (0-5)V

HARDWARE DETAILS

* PCI Compatible Data Acquisition

card of,

# 12 bit resolution.

# On-Chip 4 Channel Analog

input of voltage range +10V

DC.

# Two channel configured as simultaneously.

# On chip two channel DAC of 12 bit resolution.

# 16 Channel digital input and output lines.

SOFTWARE FEATURES

* Second order system response.

* Process trend plot.

* Data logging.

* On-line monitoring.

* On-line Analysis.

Note:

One PC with minimum configuration should be provided by the institution to conduct the

experiment.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 14 ]

6. TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM: [VTCS - 02]

Temperature control system consists of a real miniature process to teach the basics of control

theory. This system consists of controller, thyristor based power driver, hot air blower and

thermistor as a temperature sensor with signal conditioner etc., to provide a closed loop control

of P, PI and PID control and ON/OFF control with adjustable overlap.

FEATURES

* Three potentiometers provided to vary

proportional gain, integral time and

derivative time of the process.

* To vary the overlap in ON/OFF

controller, One sleek potentiometer is

provided.

* Provision to select ON/OFF, P, PI & PID

Controller.

* Adjustment provided to vary the overlap

and maximum heater power by using two

Individual potentiometers.

* Thermistor as a temperature sensor.

* SCR firing circuit with 2 Nos. of SCRs, provided to vary the power to the Heater.

* In-built error detector to compare the set value and the measured value

* One Hot air blower provided with a PVC tube with 3 provisions for inserting thermistor

to study transport lag, 2 step controller and PID controller etc.

* The volume of air flow is controlled by a shutter on the fan inlet.

* In-built IC regulated power supply.

* Display:

# 2 Nos of Digital panel meters provided to monitor the set value and measured value.

* All the components are housed in an attractive sleek cabinet with mimic diagram and

Suitable termination connector.

* Detailed Documentation.

EXPERIMENTS

* Study of ON/OFF (2 step) control with and without overlap.

* Study of proportional control.

* Study of PI control of a temperature system.

* Study of P+I+D (3-term) control of the temperature system.

* Study of Transport lag.

* Study of Supply side disturbance.

* Study of set value disturbance.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 15 ]

7. RELAY CONTROL SYSTEM : [VRCS - 01]

In few systems non-linearity is to be introduced into the system for specific advantage. Such a

system can be achieved with relay control system. The relay operated system is non-linear

because it is not possible to control the power level continuously as in a linear system. In this

system, the controller is replaced by the relay. A simulated second order system is controlled by

an electronic relay.

SPECIFICATION

* Characters provided: Two and three step relay with overlap.

* Dead band adjustment: 0 to 10V.

* Overlap or Hysteresis adjustment: (0-12V)

FEATURES

* Comparing element to find the error.

* Simulated second order systems.

* The Simulated Process

# Simple lag of 10ms, 2 lags of

time constant 10ms that can be

toggled to integrators of same

time constant.
# Distance-velocity lag & delay

10ms.

* Electronic relay by Op-Amps.

* Potentiometers provided for adjusting hysteresis and dead band zone.

* Mimic diagram in the front panel for easy reference.

* Built-in signal sources-sine and square.

# Amplitude : 0-5V

# Frequency : 1Hz-100Hz

* In built IC regulated power supply.

EXPERIMENTS

* Study the characteristics of electronic relay.

* Study of phase plane diagram.

* Study the effect of hysteresis and dead band zone.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 16 ]

8. LEAD-LAG NETWORK SIMULATOR : [VLLN - 01]

The lead and a lag network is designed using passive components that makes implementation of

compensation network. This unit has been designed to enable the students to go through the

complete design procedure and finally verify the performance improvements by lag and lead

compensation.

Built-in variable frequency square wave and sine wave generators are provided for time domain

and frequency domain testing of the system.

* Adjustable amplifier gain facility.

* Miniature connectors provided in the panel box with mimic diagram for easy study.

* Connector provisions to connect external R&C values of the network.

* Built-in Sine & Square wave generators.

* The experiments that can be performed are,

1. Frequency response of Lag network.

2. Frequency response of Lead network.

3. Frequency response of Lead-Lag network.

4. Lag network compensation using Lead - Lag network.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 17 ]

9. LIGHT INTENSITY CONTROL SYSTEM : [VLICS - 01]

The light Intensity control system has been designed to study and analyze parameters of closed

loop systems (feed back systems) of light Intensity. The panel consists of a number of filament

lamps which gets power from the amplifier. Average intensity of the panel is sensed by a light

sensor and a suitable voltage level is produced. This voltage is feed back to the error detector

which has a reference input. The error detector, reference input and controller are of standard

configurations. The light panel also consists of few uncontrolled lamps which may be used as

disturbance sources.

FEATURES

* Feed back control of light intensity.

* Provision for either proportional control (or) proportional integral control.

* A miniature potentiometer is provided to give the set value.

* Lamp loads are provided to feed the disturbance.

* A miniature toggle switch is provided to select the PI control.

* Built-in signal generator for square wave and triangular wave.

* Mimic diagram in the front panel.

* Experiments performed through patching connections.

* Built-in 31 digit digital indicator.

* LDR as a light sensor.

* Signal conditioner for light sensor.

* All the components are mounted in an attractive powder coated cabinet with mimic

diagram.

EXPERIMENTS

* Study of inherent non-linear characteristics.

* Study of light sensor and bulbs.

* Study of closed loop control (Feedback).

* Study of Dynamic response.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 18 ]

10. POTENTIOMETER ERROR DETECTOR : [VPED - 01]

This set up is designed to study the characteristics of two potentiometer analyzer position error

detector. These included linearity, sensitivity and maximum angle of rotation.

FEATURES

* Two multi turn potentiometers provided to study the linearity and maximum angle of

rotation.

* An illuminated rocker switch is provided for power ON/OFF.

* Two protractors provided for visual indicator.

* Comparing element circuits for find the error.

* In built IC regulated power supply.

* Rotary switch is provided for selectable AC/DC operation.

* Mounted in an attractive powder coated cabinet with mimic diagram.

* Detailed literature and patch chords included.

* Built-in power supply.

EXPERIMENTS

* Linearity study of the error detector.

* Determination of error detector gain.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 19 ]

11. DESIGN OF PID CONTROLLER : [VPCS - 03]

The PID Control simulator is a special purpose analog simulator with operational amplifiers. The

simulator permits a detailed analysis of the first order, second order and 3 order systems and the

rd

application of proportional, integral and derivative control to the improvement of their

performance. The simulator may be used at high speed for oscilloscope observation or at a low

speed for meter observation.

FEATURES
* Built-in Function Generator (Square wave)

* Self contained power supplies and power ON/OFF switch

* Full mimic diagrams in the front panel

* The simulated process

# Simple integrator of 10ms, 2 lags of the time constant 10ms

* The simulated PID controller

# Integral action control scaled in integral action time as per our requirement.

# Derivative action control scaled in derivative action time as per our requirement.

# Proportional band control scaled in % proportional band as per our requirement

SPECIFICATIONS

PROCESS

* Time constant of simple lags - 10ms (fast)

* Time constant of Integrators - 10ms (fast)

* Set Value Range - (0-5) V

EXPERIMENTS

1. Time domain study of a Linear system (process) & PID controller

2. Open loop & closed loop response of 1 , 2 and 3 order process. (Type 0 and Type 1

st nd rd

system)

3. P, PI, PID design and performance valuation in each casesVi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 20 ]

12. STABILITY ANALYSIS OF LINEAR SYSTEM : [VPCS - 04]

The process control simulator is a special purpose analog simulator with operational amplifiers

The simulator permits a detailed analysis of the first order, second order and third order Systems

and the application of proportional, integral and derivative control to the improvement of their

performance. The simulator may be used at high speed for oscilloscope observation or at a low

speed for meter observation.

Frequency Response Analysis of PID controller & process can be studied for a wide range of
frequencies (0.5Hz to 1KHz).

FEATURES

* Built-in Function generator (Sine & Square wave)

* Self contained power supplies and power ON/OFF switch

* Full mimic diagrams in the front panel

SPECIFICATIONS

PROCESS

* Time constant of simple lags - 1ms, 0.47ms.

* Time constant of Integrators - 1s.

CONTROLLER

* Proportional Band (p) - Corresponding to gain constants 0.5 to 25.

EXPERIMENTS

* Open loop responses of various process configuration.

* Time domain study of a linear system.

* Stability analysis of a linear process by gain variation method and check by using Root

locus analysis.

Note : DSO should be provided by the institution to conduct the experiment.Vi Microsystems Pvt.
Ltd., [ 21 ]

13. LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER : [ITB - 12CE]

It consists of displacement sensor with JIG & micrometer, signal conditioner and a digital

indicator to display the displacement.

* LVDT sensor with Micrometer

(Range: 0-25mm).

* Signal Conditioner for LVDT.

* Displacement calibrated Range for

+10mm.

* Output voltage: 0-5V.

* Built in Instrumentation Power

Supply.

* A 3½ Digit digital indicator to

display the displacement.

* Miniature connectors provided to interface with :P/AD/DA Cards.

* All are mounted in an attractive powder coated cabinet with logical diagram in the panel

* Offset and gain variable provision.

* Detailed documentation.

14. STEPPER MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS STUDY MODULE: [VSMT - 02]

* Standalone 89C51 Based stepper motor controller.

* Stepper motor : Torque - 2Kg/cm, 5 volts DC, 1.80/step.

* MOSFET based stepper motor driver to drive the stepper motor.

* 3 SPDT switches are provided for selecting the operation of the stepper motor.

* A push button switch is to pulse the movement of stepper motor (Single step movement).

* 89C51 based digital counter to count the number of steps moved by the motor.

* DPM is provided (89C51 based) in the unit to display the RPM and number of steps.

* Power Supply: 5V/3 Amps SMPS for stepper motor and driver circuits.

* One Optical Encoder is provided to sense the motor speed.

* An load setup is provided to study the load characteristics of the stepper motor.Vi Microsystems
Pvt. Ltd., [ 22 ]

15. DC MOTOR & DC GENERATOR TRANSFER FUNCTION STUDY TRAINER :

[PEC14HV1]

This trainer is designed to drive the DC motor so that various parameters of DC motor & DC

generator can be found experimentally and determine the four transfer functions of Armature

controlled DC motor, one Transfer function of field controlled DC motor and one transfer

function of DC generator. This trainer avoids usage of many Rheostats to conduct this

experiment, where as in the conventional method more than 5 Rheostats have to be used.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

* 1GBT based DC-DC Chopper provided for fields and Armature voltage variation.
* One potentiometer provided for O/P voltage measurement.

* OUTPUTS

# Armature Voltage : 0-200 V DC

# Armature current : 5 Amp

# Field Voltage : 100 - 200 V

# Field current : 10 Amp 100V

# One AC regulated output (0-10V AC) provided to find the Inductance of the DC

motor & DC generator.

# One fixed field voltage (200 +10%) for the field supply of DC generator .

# Input : 230V +10% AC, 50Hz

PROTECTION

* Soft/start facility.

* Field failure safety device.

* Armature over current protection for the motor.

* One single phase MCB switch.

* 3 pulse release switches for Armature field and llAC regulated.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 23 ]

METERS

* Voltmeter for field voltage.

* Current meter for field current.

* Voltmeter for armature voltage.

* Current meter for armature current.

* AC voltmeter for AC regulated output.

* AC Ammeter for AC regulated current output.

* Digital speed indicator and stop clock provided.

CONNECTORS

* 2 Banana connectors for Armature voltage.

* 2 Banana connectors for Field supply.

* 2 Banana connectors for AC regulated output.

* 2 Banana connectors for Field supply of DC generator.

* ON/OFF switch for control circuitry.

OTHER FEATURES

* Mounted in a sleek powder coated box.

ACCESSORIES

1. DC MOTOR GENERATOR LOAD TEST MODULE : [ITB-PEC03ACC1A]

* One 1 hp DC Motor is coupled with 1 hp DC generator.

* Motor & generator are separately excited.

* Motor & Generator are mounted on a mechanical frame.

* All Inputs/outputs are terminated the basic sockets for using different experiments.

* One optical encoder is provided for the speed measurement of DC motor.

* Experiments:

1. Determine the transfer function of separately excited DC Generator

2. DC MOTOR LOAD TEST MODULE : [ITB-PEC03ACC1B]

* One 1 hp DC motor (separately excited) Provided.

* Motor is mounted on a mechanical frame.

* DC Motor can be loaded by a spring balance loading with dial indication.

* All inputs/outputs are terminated on banana sockets for interconnection to form different

experiments.

* One optical encoder is provided for speed measurement DC motor.

EXPERIMENTS

1. Determine the transfer function of Armature controlled DC motor.

a. Speed Versus Voltage Transfer Function.

b. Speed Versus Torque Transfer Function.

c. Armature Current Versus Voltage Transfer function.

d. Armature current Versus Torque Transfer function.

2. Determine the Transfer function of Field control DC motor.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 24 ]

16. SPEED MEASUREMENT & CLOSED LOOPCONTROL OFAC SERVO MOTOR:

[ITB-PEC00A]

SERVO MOTOR CONTROLLER

This trainer designed for versatile applications/Experiments mentioned above. It consists of,

* An AC Servo motor mounted on a open frame.

* Power driver to control speed of the motor.

* To study speed servo control of AC servo motor.

* One Optical sensor provided for speed sensor and display on a 3½ digit display.

This trainer system is a compact & advanced version for class room experiment setup for the

students to operate and study a practical speed measurement using AC Servo motor.

FEATURES

* One 230V/11.5(Control Voltage) Two phaseACservo motormounted on an open frame

* Speed Range : 0 to 1500 RPM geared down in 1:30 ratio

* One Optical sensor coupled to shaft to measure speed.

* AC Servo Motor's speed is controlled by varying control voltage (11.5V)

* Direction of the motor is varied by phase reversal of the control voltage.

* Mechanical loading arrangement provided.

POWER SUPPLY

* Input 230V +10%, 50Hz, Single phase AC.

* +15V at 0.5A DC regulated output for control circuitry.

EXPERIMENTS

* Speed measurement of AC servo motor using optical sensor.

* Study of closed loop control of a AC servo motor.

* Study of Characteristics of AC servo motor

(i) Speed Vs Armature Voltage.

(ii) Speed Vs Torque.

(iii) Armature current Vs torque.

* To determine the transfer function of the AC servo motor.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 25 ]

17. SIMULATIONOF TRANSFER FUNCTION USING OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER

[VSTF - 01]

* Second order transfer function simulation.

* Damping factor variation for 0.7 to 0.2.

* Time constant: 0.01s/0.1s

* Implemented using Op-Amp.

* In built power supply.

* Housed in a sleek box.

18. TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROLLER USING VARIOUS

TRANSDUCERS : [VTC - 02]

Temperature controller system is an important application of control theory. This system consists

of controller, thyristor based power driver, water bath and various temperature sensors with

signal conditioners etc. to provide a closed loop control for ON/OFF and PID control.

FEATURES

* In-built PID Control.

* To vary the Dead band in On/Off controller. One potentiometer is provided.

* Miniature toggle switch to select the set value and the measurement value.

* Provision to select On/Off, PID Controller.

* Thermistor, AD590, RTD & Thermocouple as a temperature sensor.

* Signal conditioner for RTD, thermistor, thermocouple and AD590 sensors.

* Push button switches provided to select the sensors.

* Provision to measure the sensor output.

* Thyristor based power control unit provided.

* In-built error detector to compare the set value and the measured value.

* In-built IC regulated power supply.

* 3½" Digit digital indicator to display the measured value.

* All the components are housed in an attractive sleek cabinet with mimic diagram and

suitable termination connector.

* Detailed Documentation.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 26 ]

19. LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM : [VLCT - 10001]

It consists of a level tank fitted with Stainless steel scale to visually monitor the level, a pump,

signal conditioner, power supply and stand alone analog PID Controller to provide a closed loop

level control system.

SPECIFICATION

* RF Capacitance type level probe to sense the level upto 250mm.

* Signal conditioner for RF Capacitance.

* Transparent process tank of (5 litres) with graduated level scale.

* Rust proof water reservoir of 10 litres capacity.

* A drain valve fitted with process tank to give disturbance to the process.

* Thyristor based power driver used to control the level by varying pump voltage.

* All the water path guided by flexible tubes.

* An Analog PID Controller provided.

* Provision to vary the proportional, integral and derivative parameters.

* Mounted in a powder coated cabinet.

* Detailed documentation.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 27 ]

20. SYNCHRO TRANSMITTER RECEIVER TRAINER : [PEC - 03]

* Two number of torque synchro used as a transmitter and receiver.

* Rotor Voltage : 50V AC, 50Hz

* Induced Stator Voltage : 22V AC, 50Hz three phase

* The input and output angular displacement is indicated in a round dial marked with

angular position (0-360º).

* Rotor (R1, R2) and Stator (S1,S2,S3) terminals of transmitter & receiver are terminated
by banana connector in the base plate.

* One no. of Digital AC Voltmeter used to indicate stator/rotor voltage of transmitter (or)

receiver.

* One no. of 230V/50V AC Step-down transformer for rotor voltage input.

* Two nos. of ON/OFF switch for rotor voltage of transmitter/receiver.

* One no. of power ON/OFF switch with indication.

* All are mounted on a nice cabinets.

Experiments

# Measurement and calculation of induced stator voltage of transmitter.

# Study of position control of 0o Lag.

# Study of Position control of 120o Lag.

# Study of forward / reverse position control of receiver.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 28 ]

21. ANALOG PID CONTROLLER : [VAPID - 01]

This unit consists of two analog meter varying from ±10V, Instrumentation power supply with

P, I and D controller.

* Two analog meter to display the set variable and process variable.

* In built regulated power supply.

* Provision to vary the proportional gain, Integral gain and derivative gain.

* Provision to give either (4-20)mA or (0-5)V externally as a process variable.

* Provision to select the controller output as (4-20)mA or (0-5)V internally.

* All the components are mounted in an attractive cabinet.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 29 ]

22. AC SERVO POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM : [PEC - 02]

FEATURES

* One 230/12V AC Servo Motor with gear, fixed on a mechanical frame with position dial

indication.

* One position Servo pot is fixed with motor gear side for position sensing.

* Two nos. Line synchronised firing circuits for SCR.

* One Op-Amp PI Controller for control circuit.

* One 31 digit display to indicate the set position and actual position in degree (0-355º).

* One potentiometer is provided to vary the motor position upto 355º.

* +15V DC, 9V AC for control circuit, 230/12V AC for Power Circuit.

* One 4 Mfd/230V AC Capacitor is provided for Motor.

* Housed in a sleek screen printed cabinet and necessary test points for students study and

pulse circuit, power circuit inputs & outputs termination for students patching.Vi Microsystems Pvt.
Ltd., [ 30 ]

23. ANALOGUE COMPUTER TRAINER : [VAC - 01]

Analogue computer trainer which is a comprehensive trainer teaches fundamentals and

applications of Analogue computation like ADDER, SUBTRACTOR, INTEGRATOR, and

DIFFERENTIATOR useful for SOLVING SECOND ORDER DIFFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.

OP-AMPS

# Six Amplifiers

# Eight Coefficient Multipliers

# Two Four Quadrent Multipliers.

# Over voltage indicators on all Amplifiers

# Provision for "Initial Conditions"

# Offset Null on all Amplifiers.

* INPUTS

# Inputs can be given from the built-in power

supply

* OUTPUTS

# Two analog voltmeter provides to measure input/output volts.

* POWER SUPPLY

# +15V @ 1 Amp, +15V @ 1 Amp

# The power supply is built inside the analogue computer.

24.WARD LEONARD SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM TRANSFER FUNCTION:

PEC14HV2]

This trainer is used determine the transfer function of DC motor using Ward Leonard speed

control system method.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

SINGLE PHASE FIRING BRIDGE CIRCUIT

* Four Isolated gate signals for Full convertor.

* Firing angle vary from 180 to 0 through Ramp and pedestal control.

oo

* Gated carrier source at 4 KHz.

* Two firing circuits provided. One for field supply voltage, one for AC regulator.

SCR CIRCUIT

* Four thyristors are provided of 1200 volts/25 Amp rating

* Snubber circuit is provided to each device.

* All gate signals are feed through polarized connectors.

* This DC Variable voltage is used for Field winding.

* Two thyristor provided for AC regulator.

* Outputs

# Field Voltage : 0-180V DC (Variable)

# Field voltage : 180V (Fixed)

# One AC regulated output (0-220V AC) provided to find the Inductance of the

DC motor & DC generator.

# Input: 230V +10% AC, 50Hz.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 31 ]

ACCESSORIES

1. 1HP AC INDUCTION MOTOR COUPLED WITH DC GENERATOR :

[PEC14HVACC12]

* One 1hp AC Induction motor.

* Make : Cramp ton Greaves / Kirloskar

* One 1hp DC generator coupled with AC Motor.

* Make : Benn

* Both motor & generator are fixed on a mechanical frame.

* One optical encoder is provided for the speed measurement.

2. 1HP DC MOTOR : [PEC14HVACC9]

* Make : Benn

* 1 hp separately excited DC motor.

* Fixed on a mechanical frame.

* Spring balance loading with dial indication.

* One optical encoder is provided for the speed measurement.

25. PC BASED DC MOTOR CONTROLLER : [PCS - 07]

* 12V DC Motor with slotted disk provided.

* One photo electric sensor included to sense the speed of given motor.

* Provision to select open Int. and Ext. mode study.

* MOSFET based power driver provided to drive the DC Motor.

* Miniature illuminated Rocker Switch provided to power on the trainer.

* IBM Compatible Data acquisition card provided with the following specifications

# 8 Channel ADC with 12 bit resolution (Input 0-5V)

# Single channel DAC with 12 bit resolution (Output +5V)

* All the components are mounted in an attractive frame with mimic diagram.

Note : PC should be provided by the institution to conduct the experiments.Vi Microsystems Pvt.
Ltd., [ 32 ]

26. PC BASED POSITION CONTROL SYSTEM : [ITB-PEC01A]

This trainer system is a compact and advanced version for control system lab. Using this trainer

student can operate and study a practical position control system.

HARDWARE FEATURES

* 4 Quadrant MOSFET chopper provided for forward and Reverse operation.

* Driver circuit for MOSFET.

* 12V PMDC Motor with gear provided.

* Gear ratio 30:1. ie., 50 rpm speed.

* One servo potentiometer provided at the shaft of the DC motor (Feed back signal).

* 3½ digit digital display provided to display the position of the system.

SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

* 12 bit parallel port based data acquisition card.

* 8 Channel ADC and single channel DAC.

* The input and output is configured as (0-5)V DC.

UNIQUE FEATURES

* Windows 2000 based general purpose data acquisition and control software having

# On-line monitoring,

# Data logging

# Control like ON/OFF PID

27. DC SERVO MOTOR

TRANSFER FUNCTION OF DC SERVO MOTOR

This setup consists of,

a. 100W DC Separately excited DC servo Motor setup.

b. Variable AC/DC source with meter setup.

a. 100W SEPARATELY EXCITED DC SERVO MOTOR

* Armature Voltage : 0-48V DC, 2.7 Amp

* Field Voltage : 0-48V DC

* Shunt type separately excited

* Speed : 1500 rpm

* Rating : 100W

* One Optical Encoder provided to sense the speed.

* One 3½ Digital Display provided to display the speed.

* Double side shot extension with speed indication.

* Mechanical loading arrangement.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 33 ]

b. VARIABLE AC/DC SOURCE

* One no. of 0-50V/3A Variable DC Source with Short circuit, Over load protection for

Armature Voltage variation.

* One no. of 0-50V/1A DC Variable source with short circuit, Over load protection for

field section.

* One no. of isolated 0-50V AC/1Amp variable AC source for motor inductance

measurement.

* One no. of DC digital voltmeter (0-50V) provided for Armature voltage measurement.

* One no. of DC digital ammeter (0-5A) provided for Armature current measurement.

* One no. of (0-50V) DC digital meter provided for Field Voltage measurement.

* One no. of (0-2A) DC digital ammeter provided for field current measurement.

* One no. of (0-50V)AC digital Voltmeter for AC Voltage measurement.

* One no. of (0-1)A AC digital ammeter for AC current Measurement.

* One no. of Digital stop-clock provided for time.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

* Determination of Armature & Field parameters.

* Determination of Motor mechanical parameters.

* Derivation of "Transfer Function" of Separately excited Motor.

28. AC SERVO MOTOR

TRANSFER FUNCTION OF TWO PHASE AC SERVO MOTOR : [VPET - 302]

This setup consists of

i. 100W Two phase AC servo motor setup.

ii. Variable AC voltage source.

i. 100W TWO PHASE AC SERVO MOTOR SETUP

* Main winding voltage 230V AC.

* Control winding voltage 0-230V AC (90o phase shift).

* Optical speed sensor for speed measurement.

* Belt type mechanical loading arrangement.

* Speed (0-1500 RPM).

* Power - 100W.Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 34 ]

ii. VARIABLE AC VOLTAGE SOURCE

* One number of 1 o,1 Amp Auto transformer provided to vary 0-230V AC for control unit

* One number of Phase shift transformer provided for 90º Phase shifting of main wing

voltage.

* Fuse provided for CW over current protection.

* Illuminated power ON/OFF switch provided for CW & MW voltage input.

* One No. of digital ammeter provided for control winding current measurement.

* One No. of Digital voltmeter provided for control winding voltage measurement.

* One No. of MC Based digital speed indicator for motor speed measurement.

* 3 no. Input, all are mounted on a nice cabinet.

* One no. of Experimental manual.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

* Measurement of motor transfer function.

* Speed control of AC servo motor.

29. FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF LEAD LAG NETWORK (PID) :[PCS - 03]

Frequency response of Lead, Lag network using P+I+D controller is a special purpose analog

simulation using operational amplifier.

The simulator permits a detailed analysis of the first order and second order systems on the

application of proportional, integral and derivative control to the improvement of their

performance. The simulator may be used at high speed for oscilloscope observation.

Frequency Response Analysis of PID controller & process can be studied for a frequency range

of (0.5Hz to 1000Hz).

FEATURES
* Built-in Function Generator (sine & square).

* Self contained power supplies and power ON/OFF switch with indication.

* Full mimic diagrams in the front panel.

* The simulated process.

# Simple Lag of Process

# Simple Lead Process

* The simulated PID controller

# Integral controller scaled in Integration time.

# Derivative controller scaled in derivative action time.

# Proportional band control scaled in % proportional band (PB).Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., [ 35 ]

SPECIFICATIONS

PROCESS

* Lag process of time constant -- 10 ms/1s

* Lead process of time constant -- 10 ms/1s

CONTROLLER

* Set Value Range - 0 to + 10V.

* Proportional Band (p) - Corresponding to gain constants 0.5 to 25.

* Integral action Time range(Ti) - 250ms to 5 ms (fast) 25s to 0.5s (slow).

* Derivative action Time range(Td) - 0-20ms (fast) 0-2 s (slow).

EXPERIMENTS

1. Frequency response analysis of a Linear system (process) & PID controller.

2. Open loop & closed loop response of IInd order process. (Type 0 system).

3. Stability analysis.

4. Open loop and closed loop responses of various process configurations.

5. P, PI, PID design and performance valuation in each cases.

6. Various frequency response analysis by.

(i). Bode plots

(ii). Polar plots.