ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
The hardware interrupt structure of an MS-DOSTM -based personal computer was used to enable real-time, keyboard manipulation of the control parameters of a stable, vertical magnetic suspension without halting its operation. The positions of objects suspended with this system were measured to be stable to within ±15 μm of a reference position. Stable suspensions were achieved at sampling rates as low as 45 Hz, although the system was typically operated at sampling rates of 1.0–2.0 kHz. The dynamics of the suspension were explored for several different values of proportional, integral, and derivative gains, and the system's transient response and steady-state behavior were characterized. We present here the data resulting from those studies, as well as measurements of the suspension's drift, empirically determined values of its second-order transfer function parameters, a discussion of the suspension's foreground/background capabilities, a description of its algorithm, and details of its electromechanical construction.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1140399
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