Group 5 (2006)
Student Members:
Keith Ferreira
Andrew P. Gagnon
David A. Grundmann
Eric A. Leveille
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Steven Nardone
Project Title:
Inverted Pendulum Controller
Project Description:
Design, develop and fabricate an inverted pendulum and control system, in one dimension to be used by the ECE Department for demonstrations Derived Requirements: The derived requirements are the extensions to the customer requirements that the design team came up with while considering the task of design and inverted pendulum controller. The chosen design method is the Systems Approach to engineering. After detailed consideration and planning we were able to present the customer with a set of requirements that we not only felt he wanted, but that were essential to the project. The importance of each task were considered and given a number with the most important sub-requirements listed first. Some key additions to the requirements are shown below.
Operation:
- The pendulum shall be manually started by placing it in the upright position near the middle of the track.
- The system should be capable of tracking a manual position input command.
- The motor control circuitry also needs to be able to change the direction of the motor and control the motor at different speeds in each direction.
- The sensors being used in the Inverted Pendulum project will need to have a long life time in order to maintain reliability for presentations.
