Matlab Platform Remote Control System Experiments

Abstract

The paper proposes the remote experiment that enables a student to conduct the physical control system experiment through the internet. The remote experiment is designed using MATLAB platform to create the user interface and to analyze the results. A DC motor controlled by PI controller is utilized as the physical system for demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed system. Interface module with a dsPIC microcontroller is in charge of implementing a control loop and connecting between a user interface and a physical system. The experimental results reveal that there are a little delay times in live video monitoring but it does not affect the closed-loop control system and it can still be run in real time.