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Introduction

Cloud services and IoT solutions are becoming increasingly popular. In this Assignment you will use Internet of Things (IoT) Technology to create an Embedded Arduino PID Controller from scratch. One of the challenges is that Arduino UNO has no Analog Out, so we need to create our own Analog Out using different approaches. Data should be stored in the Cloud.

Lab Assignment

 

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The Video below gives an introduction to this Lab Assignment (Please see the Lab Assignment for all the tiny details not covered in the Video):

Note! Make sure to open the Lab Assignment for the latest and most updated information.

See more Videos (YouTube Playlist) regarding the Internet of Things (IoT) Control System Topics.

 

Need Help?

Below you find useful Resources (Topics, Software, Hardware and Additional Resources) for solving the Assignment. Feel free to use them the way it suits you. Even if the contents below is well structured, sometime you may find it useful to use the Google search engine like this:

"IoT site:https://www.halvorsen.blog" - just replace "IoT" with the topic you want to search for.

 

 

Topics

The following topics are covered in this assignment:

• Automation and Control
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Industrial IT
• Industry 4.0
• Cloud
• Programming, like Arduino Programming
• Hardware in the Loop Simulation and Testing (HIL)
• Cyber Security

Click on these topics above and you will find lots of background information, training material, videos, and other resoures that may help you solve the assignments.

Software

You need the following software:

• Arduino Software - Open source Hardware/Software Electronics/Prototyping Platform
• Fritzing - Open source software for design of electronics hardware and creating circuit diagrams. You need to use Fritzing for designing or documentation of your electrical circuits.
• ThingSpeak - Cloud Platform and Services
• LabVIEW
• MATLAB

 

Hardware

You need the following hardware:

• Arduino - You need to own your personal copy of, e.g., Arduino UNO.
• Small-scale Sensors and Electronic Components
• Air Heater
• USB-6008 DAQ (or a similar LabVIEW compatible DAQ device)

 

 

 

Additional Resources

Here are some other resources that may be useful when solving the assignment:

Arduino

Programming with Arduino (PDF) (ISBN: 978-82-691106-3-0)

Arduino Programmering (PDF) (ISBN: 978-82-691106-2-3) - In Norwegian

Create your own Arduino Classes and Libraries (PDF) + Video (YouTube)

 

Other Arduino Resources:

• Analog Output - Convert PWM to Voltage (http://www.instructables.com)
• SPI Arduino Library
• MCP49xx Arduino Library
• Writing your own Arduino Library
• Arduino - MCP49xx (DAC) Overview (PDF)
• Arduino and the SPI bus (Tutorial)

 

Control Theory

• Basic Dynamics and Control (PDF) - Finn Haugen
• Advanced Dynamics and Control (PDF) - Finn Haugen
• Discrete PID Controller and Lowpass Filter (PDF) - Finn Haugen
• Model-based PID tuning with Skogestad’s method (PDF) - Finn Haugen
• System Theory, State Space Analysis and Control Theory (PDF) - David Di Ruscio

Questions and Answers (Q&A)

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