Construcción de equipos didácticos para la enseñanza de principio de control automático en los laboratorios de FIEC

Abstract

The purpose of this integrative project, entitled “Construction and implementation of teaching equipment for teaching automatic control principles in the FIEC laboratories”, is to develop and apply prototypes of control plants aimed at the university educational field. The main objective is to improve the quality of practical learning around automatic control, through the creation of equipment that is accessible, replicable and compatible with the laboratory's current technological resources. The initiative arises after identifying various limitations in the existing control plants. Among them are the excess of systems dedicated to level control, the difficulty of replicating the practices, the limited simultaneous participation of students and the incompatibility between software versions used in commercial plants and those available in the laboratory. Based on this diagnosis, the design of modular and functional prototypes is proposed, based on low-cost microcontrollers, which allow exercises to control speed, temperature or other physical variables, with analog and digital inputs, and serial communication with MATLAB 2016. This equipment will be adapted to the dimensions and conditions of the laboratory, to guarantee its integration into the academic environment. Furthermore, its architecture will allow easy reproduction, so that several groups of students can carry out the same practices in parallel, promoting active and collaborative learning.