Remote Lab Experiment RC Oscillator for Learning of Control

Abstract

In the paper a remote lab experiment RC oscillator used to support Web based learning, to support learning by doing, to learn control design and to minimize the gap between theory and practice is presented. The experiment was designed with a special care for visualisation of important control design parameters in Bode plot and Root-Locus diagram. The experiment is based on MATLAB, LABview and DSP2 learning module. Using RC oscillator experiment RC circuit step response based or sinusoidal response based analysis, P controller design using Bode plot or Root-locus, relations between control design parameters and control performance and discrepancy between theory and practice could be covered. A homework based on RC oscillator experiment is presented and obtained experiences are discussed.