Chapter 8.Practical Aspects of Digital Control
8.1 Implementation of Digital Controllers
8.1.1 Choice of Desired Performances
8.1.2 Effect of the Computational Time Delay
8.1.3 Effect of Digital-to-Analog Conversion
8.1.4 Effect of Saturation: Anti Windup Device
8.1.5 Bumpless Transfer from Open Loop to Closed Loop Operation
8.1.6 Digital Cascade Controlo
8.1.7 Hardware for Controller Operation
8.1.8 Measuring the Quality of a Control Loop
8.1.9 Adaptive Control
8.2 Digital Control of an Air Heater
8.3 DC Motor Speed Control
8.4 Cascade Position Control of a DC Motor Axis
8.5 Position Control by Means of a Flexible Transmission
8.6 Control of a 360° Flexible Robot Arm
8.7 Control of Deposited Zinc in Hot Dip Galvanizing (Solac- Florange)
8.7.1 Description of the Process
8.7.2Process Model
8.7.3 Model Identification
8.7.4 Controller Design
8.7.5 Open Loop Adaptation
8.7.6 Results
8.8 Concluding Remarks
8.9 Notes and References