EE 476: Laboratory 7

Motor position controller.

Introduction.

You will build hardware/software to enable a small DC motor to stop at a user-determined position. Position commands will be entered from a keyboard.


Procedure:

Build the following circuit on a prototype board. Test the Circuit thoroughly before connecting the computer controls. For instance, make sure that the forward and reverse signals and their compliments are correct before connecting them to the transistors. Then make sure that the motor runs clockwise and counter-clockwise when appropriate logic levels are applied by hand to the direction and magnitude inputs.

You will need to scan a keypad with the following configuration. For the extra credit you will need to debounce it and parse commands (see below).

Pin 1  -- row 1 2 3 A
Pin 2  -- row 4 5 6 B
Pin 3  -- row 7 8 9 C
Pin 4  -- row * 0 # D

Pin 5  -- col 1 4 7 *
Pin 6  -- col 2 5 8 0
Pin 7  -- col 3 6 9 #
Pin 8  -- col A B C D

(a) Each switch shorts one row to one column.
(b) Each pin should be connected to one 
    quasi-bidirectional line of port1.
(c) Each pin should be connected by 
    a 10k resistor to Vcc.



Assignment

Produce a system that:

When you demonstrate the program to a staff member, you should demonstrate that the motor seeks the desired position without overshoot and without ringing. You should be prepared to change the constants of your PID controller to show overshoot. During demo, it will be acceptable to read the shaft position and set PID parameters by using the debugger to read/write a register.

For extra credit you could:

Your written lab report should include:



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