CONTROL OF A REAL SYSTEM BY A TIME-SHARED COMPUTER.

Abstract

Advances in digital computer technology have led to employment of the computer as a control device. Although many theories for utilization of the digital computer as the compensator in a position feedback control system have been proposed, there is little documentation of digital control performance in a hardware environment. This thesis is an investigation of the performance of a real system under sampled-data control. The variable gain amplifier sampled-data control theory is first simulated and then tested on a real system. The hardware and software developments necessary for implementing this control theory are discussed in detail. Additionally, this method is incorporated in a time-sharing computer program for controlling many systems simultaneously from a single computer. Results of the tests are presented and evaluated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0475262

Entities

People

  • Edward R. Browne
  • John S. Smith

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Theory
  • Digital Computers
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.