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Low-Cost Magnetic Levitation System for Education
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: Received: 12 April 2021 / Approved: 13 April 2021 / Online: 13 April 2021 (13:57:09 CEST)
How to cite: Pujol-Vazquez, G.; Vargas, A.N.; Mobayen, S.; Acho, L. Low-Cost Magnetic Levitation System for Education. Preprints 2021, 2021040360 Pujol-Vazquez, G.; Vargas, A.N.; Mobayen, S.; Acho, L. Low-Cost Magnetic Levitation System for Education. Preprints 2021, 2021040360
Abstract
This paper describes how to construct a low-cost magnetic levitation system (MagLev). The MagLev has been intensively used in the engineering education, allowing instructors and students to learn through hands-on experiments essential concepts, such as electronics, electromagnetism, and control systems. Built from scratch, the proposed MagLev depends only on simple, low-cost components readily available on the market. In addition to showing how to construct the MagLev, this paper presents a semi-active control strategy which seems novel when applied in the MagLev. Experiments performed in the laboratory have compared the proposed control scheme with the classical PID control. The corresponding real-time experiments illustrate both the effectiveness of the approach and the potential of the MagLev for education.
Keywords
Magnetic levitating system; Low-cost device; Semi-active control; Education for engineering
Subject
Engineering, Automotive Engineering
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