Quanser AERO

Product Description
Flexible Platform For Control
The Quanser AERO is a fully integrated dual-motor lab experiment, designed for advanced control research and aerospace applications, that can also be used for teaching control concepts at the undergraduate level.
Overview
The experiment is reconfigurable for various aerospace systems, from 1 DOF and 2 DOF helicopter to half-quadrotor. Integrating Quanser-developed QFLEX 2 computing interface technology, the Quanser AERO also offers flexibility in lab configurations, using a PC, or microcontrollers, such as NI myRIO, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. With the comprehensive course materials included, you can build a state-of-the-art teaching lab for your mechatronics or control courses, engage students in various design and capstone projects, and validate your research concepts on a high-quality, robust, and precise platform.
Features
– Compact and integrated system
– High-efficiency coreless DC motors
– High resolution optical encoder
– Pitch & yaw axes and DC motors/rotors speed measurements through digital tachometer
– Built-in voltage amplifier with integrated current sensor
– Integrated data acquisition (DAQ) device
– Flexible QFLEX 2 computing interface for USB and SPI connections
– User-controllable tri-color LED
– Easy-connect cables and connectors
– Open architecture design, allowing users to design their own controller
– Fully compatible with MATLAB®/Simulink® and LabVIEW™
– Fully documented system models and parameters provided for MATLAB®/Simulink®, LabVIEW™
– ABET-aligned, modular, digital media courseware provided for the Quanser AERO USB
– Microcontroller examples and interfacing datasheet provided for the Quanser AERO Embedded
Courseware
ABET-aligned Instructor and Student Workbooks with complete lab exercises, covering topics
– Hardware integration
– Single propeller speed control
– 1 DOF attitude control configuration
– PID control
– Iintroduction to IMU
– Modeling and model validation using transfer function
– System identification
– Gain scheduling
Laboratory Guides with modeling and control design examples
– 2 DOF helicopter configuration
– Modeling
– Linear state-space representation
– State-feedback control
– Coupled dynamics
– Half-quadrotor configuration
– Modeling
– Simple yaw control
– Kalman filter