Control Systems and Dynamics simulation software and short course

Control Systems and Dynamics simulation software and short course

Presenter:  Hendrik D Mouton 

The Simul_C_EM simulation software was developed over many years in Denel Dynamics, improved for use in a control systems course at UCT (Fundamentals of Control Systems for 4th year mechanics and mechatronics engineering students), and is now available to anyone with a PC (not a Mac) who can setup Laplace block diagrams of dynamical systems and who has a basic understanding of control systems theory.

It can handle analogue, digital and mixed systems, and most non-linearities such as stiction, friction, dead bands, quantization and sampling. Most of the simulations and plots in the textbook Fundamentals of Control Systems, were done with Simul_C_EM.

The software is for free, but to use it properly will require a short course of 8 hours at a convenient place in or near Cape Town. It includes lots of practice on any participant’s own PC (not a Mac) after the presenter has installed the software. Each participant will receive installation and user instructions, and a list of all the SIMUL_C_EM functions. The venue and time will be organized via email, once payment was made. If anyone can organize more participants to enroll (maximum total 6 per course, each must pay the initial R400 at least 2 days before the course), the following discounts will be paid to every participant’s account on the starting day of the course:

• R0 per person if 1
• R100 per person if 2
• R160 per person if 3
• R180 per person if 4
• R190 per person if 5
• R200 per person if 6