Gain

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• The simulator: gain.exe (click to download). The simulator runs immediately after the download by clicking Open in the download window. Alternatively, you can first save a copy of the exe-file on any directory (folder) on your PC and then run the exe-file, which starts the simulator.

Description of the simulated system

The simulator simulates a gain having the gain K as its parameter. The relation between the input variable, u, and the output variable, y, is:

y(t) = K*u(t)

There is no dynamics (that is, no time-dependent relation) between the output and the input.

Aims

The aims of the simulator is to give insight into the non-dynamic behaviour of a gain.

Motivation

Many physical systems are approximately gains, e.g.:

• A control valve where the valve control signal u gives approximately a proportional valve opening z.
• A tachometer (which is a rotational speed sensor for motors etc.) produces an output voltage which is approximately proportional to speed.
• A (very quick) motor where the rotational speed is approximately proportional to the motor control signal.
• The proportional term of a PID-controller, which is proportional to the control error.

Tasks

Start the simulator.

1. Adjust the gain K to any positive value. Adjust the input signal to any value. Observe how the output value y varies. Is there any dynamic relation between the input and the output?
2. Repeat Task 1, but with a negative K-value.

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Updated 12. January 2008. Developed by Finn Haugen. E-mail: finn@techteach.no.