Introductory Control Experiments to Understand Control System Design Objectives and Control Equipments

Abstract

More effective and efficient methodology for control education is desired, so that more people understand the control theory and that research achievements on control can be applied more easily. As an introductory part of such methodology, some basic experiences should be given. Therefore, we propose two control experiments; One is to understand phenomena such as steady state error and overshoot through tuning PID controllers. The other is to understand mechanisms of control equipments and those connections. The effectiveness of the proposed method is examined via the questionairs to students.