An Android Application for System Identification and Automatic Control

Resumen: This paper presents a proposed novel Android application, called as Control and Identification Toolbox (CIT), for obtaining the system response, automatic control, and the parameter identification of dynamic systems. It performs real-time experiments and permits tuning a traditional Proportional Integral Derivative controller (PID), whose performance under constant or noise disturbances, introduced by the app, can be analyzed. Moreover, this app allows estimating the parameters of first and second order linear systems by means of the Recursive Least Squares Method. The parameter estimates, as well as control system signals produced under common test input signals are displayed by the app. It runs in any Android device supporting an universal serial bus (USB), which is connected with Arduino Uno or Mega boards that carry out data acquisition. Experimental results obtained using a first order low pass filter confirm the effectiveness of the proposed application.

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A. Concha, C. M. Luna-Ochoa, Set Vejar & S. K. Gadi. An Android Application for System Identification and Automatic Control. Memorias del Congreso Nacional de Control Automático, pp. 600-605, 2019.

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Educación en Control, Modelado e Identificación de Sistemas, Control de Sistemas Lineales

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