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Basic Components of a Control System
1.Objectives of control (Inputs)
2.Control system components (Controller, plant, actuator, sensor,…)
3.Results (Outputs)
HomeHeatingSystem:Sensors(Temperature,pressure,fluidflow).
Actuators(Motors,pumps,heatsources)
Automobile:Sensors(Displacement,speed,force,pressure,temperature,fluidflow,fluidlevel
voltage,current).Actuators(DCmotors,stepmotors,pumps,heatsources)
Robot:Sensors(Opticalimage,displacement,speed,force,torque,pressurevoltage,current).Actuators
(ACmotors,DCmotors,stepmotors,hydroulicactuators)
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