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Magnetic Levitation
Challenge:
Design a control system to levitate a 1" solid
steel ball using an electromagnet.
Description:
The "maglev" experiment consists of an
electromagnet encased in a rectangular enclosure. One electromagnet
pole faces a black post upon which a 2.54 cm steel ball rests. The
ball elevation from the post is measured using a sensor embedded in
the post. The post is designed such that with the ball at rest on its
surface it is 14mm from the face of the electromagnet. The purpose
of the experiment is to design a controller that levitates the ball
from the post and to track the ball position to a desired trajectory.
The posts also provide repeatable initial conditions for control system
performance evaluation.
Difficulty:
Undergraduate / Graduate
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