Revolutionizing engineering education: Leveraging LabVIEW virtual instrumentation in electrical machines real-time control for distance learning

Abstract

The rapid developments of science and technology of the last decade have given a fundamental change to the way of conceiving and solving problems in every field of science and in particular in engineering disciplines. Nowadays, Virtual Instruments are becoming an important part of solving engineering problems in particular in the area of Automatic Control of Industrial Processes and Education. Due to the continuously increasing performance and flexibility of PC combined with their cost reduction, virtual instruments are successfully concurring the traditional instruments. In this work, we have created a closed-loop control system for testing the PID controller for a DC motor using the HIL technique and Ziegler-Nichols tuning rule for education purposes.