Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller
| dc.contributor.advisor | McLaren, S.G | |
| dc.contributor.author | Closel, Andre Gerard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-11T08:25:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-11T08:25:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1984 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2026-02-11T08:07:30Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this thesis was to develop a fast and continuous digital sampling controller to study and compare some of the common arrangements of modern digital and analogue controllers. Most of the work was devoted to building the controller and developing a special management programme so as to obtain the required sampling speed. This programme is discussed in detail in this thesis. The use of direct memory addressing multiplication tables gives rise to serious accuracy problems and an analysis is made thereof. The controller was based around the APPLE personal computer which is well known for the flexibility of its peripheral BUS. Utility programmes were written to solve some of the tedious and frequent linear algebraic equations involved in MIMO state space analysis of control. These programmes were used extensively during the testing phase of the controller as applied to a multivariable system which was a coupled electric drive. Finally a brief study was made of the other possibilities of the controller and its algorithms. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Closel, A. G. (1984). <i>Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42827 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Closel, Andre Gerard. <i>"Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 1984. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42827 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Closel, A.G. 1984. Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42827 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Closel, Andre Gerard AB - The aim of this thesis was to develop a fast and continuous digital sampling controller to study and compare some of the common arrangements of modern digital and analogue controllers. Most of the work was devoted to building the controller and developing a special management programme so as to obtain the required sampling speed. This programme is discussed in detail in this thesis. The use of direct memory addressing multiplication tables gives rise to serious accuracy problems and an analysis is made thereof. The controller was based around the APPLE personal computer which is well known for the flexibility of its peripheral BUS. Utility programmes were written to solve some of the tedious and frequent linear algebraic equations involved in MIMO state space analysis of control. These programmes were used extensively during the testing phase of the controller as applied to a multivariable system which was a coupled electric drive. Finally a brief study was made of the other possibilities of the controller and its algorithms. DA - 1984 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Testing KW - Laboratory digital controller LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1984 T1 - Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller TI - Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42827 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42827 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Closel AG. Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 1984 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42827 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Electrical Engineering | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Testing | |
| dc.subject | Laboratory digital controller | |
| dc.title | Development and testing of a laboratory digital controller | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MSc |