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Are you setting up a Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory? Using our Electro-Mechanical Breadboard System (EMB) for your lab offers several key benefits: - Truly modular system - Premium quality - High precision and dynamics fidelity - Absolute hardware compatibility between plants (same system!)  - Made in the USA - One supplier for parts and support - Flexibility to implement different control algorithms (PID, pole placement, LQR, LQG...) - Expandable (lots of add-ons from our growing EMB system) - Configurable to meet your teaching and research needs Our engineering EMB kits include, Servo Control Kit, Spring-Mass-Damper 2DOF Kit (3DOF option), Torsion Shaft Kit, Thrust Vector Control Kit, Pendulum Kit. Learn more at www.robots5.com #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #robotics #mechatronics #mechanicalengineering

The pendulum plant is a classic in dynamic systems and control. This kit can be used to study self-erecting (swing up), inverted, and non-inverted (gantry) pendulum plants. Given the flexibility of our EMB system, the user can easily and quickly reconfigure the plant to add/remove springs, dashpots, and a disturbance module. To learn more, visit our website. #robotics #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #engineering #mechatronics

Spring-mass-damper plants are found on virtually every textbook related to vibrations, dynamic systems and controls. This is our 3 Degrees of Freedom kit with one actuator and 3 moving masses, designed to explore free and forced vibration and control systems. Given the flexibility of our EMB system, the user can easily and quickly reconfigure the plant to add/remove springs, dashpots, and a disturbance module. To learn more, visit our website. #robotics #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #engineering #mechatronics

Linear Pendulum Gantry Response to a 4N input force for 180ms. This exercise is used to find the system parameter values and to validate the mathematical model. Once the model is validated, a controller can be designed and implemented. An EMB rotary encoder measures the pendulum angle and an EMB linear encoder measures the cart position. An EMB actuator with a rack and pinion provides the input force to the cart. Data available for download (free) in our GitHub, for input forces of 2N, 3N, 4N, and 5N. Data includes time [s], force [N], motor current [A], cart position [m], and pendulum angle [rad]. Sampling time is 0.001s. Hardware: - EMB-AM4 - EMB-MM2 - EMB-LM1 - EMB-SM1 - EMB Pendulum attachment - EMB Rack attachment - EMB DAQ1 - Power supply - Maxon ESCON (in current mode) Software*: - pysimCoder - NuttX - RTScope * a special thank you to the open-source community for developing and maintaining these amazing tools! #robotics #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #engineering #mechatronics

Short clip from Part 7 of our "EMB with pysimCoder" tutorial series. Using the modularity of EMB, students can create more complex plants such as a pendulum on a cart with a spring and damper. An EMB rotary encoder is used to measure the pendulum angle (green signal) and an EMB linear encoder reads the cart position (red signal). Hardware: - EMB-SM1 (Rotary Encoder) - EMB-LM1 (Linear Slide + Encoder) - EMB Pendulum - EMB-DAQ1 (Real-Time Target) - EMB Spring - EMB Damper Software: - pysimCoder - NuttX #robotics #mechanicalengineering #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #mechatronics

We offer turnkey and plant only options! If you already have a DAQ and a computer, you can buy just the plant. If you are starting fresh and need all the components, that's not a problem--we also offer a turnkey solution that includes all the components you need to get up and running! From starting up to experienced: We've got you covered! #robotics #controls #education #engineeringeducation

Our five standard engineering kits at a glance! Learn more at www.robots5.com #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #robotics #mechatronics #mechanicalengineering

We offer pre-configured kits with everything needed to assemble engineering plants typically found in engineering education. These kits include: - Servo Control Kit - Spring-Mass-Damper 2DOF Kit - Torsion Shaft Kit - Thrust Vector Control Kit - Pendulum Kit Learn more at www.robots5.com/kits #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #robotics #mechatronics #mechanicalengineering

This is Part 8 of our "EMB with pysimCoder" tutorial series. In this part, we use the ADC block under the NuttX tab to read an analog voltage from our potentiometer module. We generate code and flash to the target, and run it in real-time. Topics covered in the EMB with pysimCoder tutorial series: 0 - Introduction 1 - Basics 2 - Modeling and Simulation 3 - Blink an LED (Digital Output) 4 - Dim an LED (PWM) 5 - Buttons (Digital Input) 6 - Plotting (RTScope) 7 - Encoder (Rotary and Linear) 8 - Potentiometer (ADC) 9 - Open-Loop motor control 10 - SHV 11 - Closed-Loop motor control 12 - PlotJuggler 13 - FMU 14 - Complete EMB example Thank you for everyone involved in the development and support of these fantastic tools: pysimCoder (Roberto Bucher), NuttX, and Silicon Heaven. #robotics #python #mechatronics #controlsystems #engineeringeducation #engineering

EMB and Arduino are a match! One of the most common questions we receive is if EMB can be used with Arduino -- and the answer is absolutely! You can use Arduino to interface with our motors, encoders, potentiometers, and other electronics. #robotics #mechatronics #arduino #engineeringeducation