Title :
Free open source software in control engineering education: A case study in the analysis and control design of a rotary inverted pendulum
Author :
Meza, Carlos ; Andrade-Romero, J. Alexis ; Bucher, Roberto ; Balemi, Silvano
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Dept., Costa Rica Inst. of Technol., Cartago, Costa Rica
Abstract :
The present paper aims to show the advantages of using free and open source software for control systems in education. Accordingly, this paper presents a control assignment for an introductory control theory course that can be done entirely with FOSS. This assignment consists of the control of a rotary inverted pendulum.
Keywords :
control engineering education; control system synthesis; educational courses; nonlinear control systems; public domain software; control design; control engineering education; control theory course; free open source software; rotary inverted pendulum; Automatic control; Control design; Control engineering education; Control systems; Educational institutions; Mathematical model; Object oriented modeling; Open source software; Power system modeling; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, 2009. ETFA 2009. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2727-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0759
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2009.5347162
