Hardware-in-the-loop simulation and its application in control education

• Published in: FIE'99 Frontiers in Education. 29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Designing the Future of Science and Engineering Education. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.99CH37011 Vol. 2; pp. 12B6/7 - 12B612 vol.2
• Main Author: Grega, W.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1999
• Subjects: Analytical models; Computational modeling; Control engineering education; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Costs; Design engineering; Hardware; Industrial control; Laboratories
• ISBN: 0780356438; 9780780356436
• ISSN: 0190-5848; 2377-634X
• DOI: 10.1109/FIE.1999.841594

This paper describes the concept of the "hardware-in-the-loop" design system implemented as an experimental part of a control engineering course. The concept of "hardware-in-the-loop" (HiL) method is to use a simulation model of the plant and the industrial standard target controller. The integrated analysis and simulation environment supports the design system. Hardware and software components of the HiL system are presented in the paper and an example of the laboratory exercise is described to give insight into the approach, which has been adopted.