 ICP
for Maple
ICP
for Maple Datasheet
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ICP for Maple QuickStart
MISO
Modelling Datasheet
ASN
Module Datasheet
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ICP for Maple is a suite of Rapid Control Development tools that enables
quick and easy system identification of engineering systems working in
different operating points, and development of the controller structure
and parameters required to achieve your design objectives. The tools can
be invoked from within Maple and the resulting transfer functions can
be used directly in the Maple worksheet for further analysis.
ICP for Maple constitutes an easy-to-use one-step solution for users
who need high quality results fast and cost-effective to be applied in
industrial and academic environments. Simply perturb your system with
an input signal, capture the system output and import the I/O data into
ICP and it will generate a continuous transfer function that fully characterises
your plant, unlike discrete transfer functions from other system identification
tools that are only usable at the sample frequency it was captured. Given
the plant model, ICP then applies robust algorithms to the plant transfer
function(s) to generate robust controller structures and optimal controller
parameters without the need to be familiar with the underlying control
theory.
Click here
to view an excerpt from the ICP for Maple manual.
Intended Audience:
ICP for Maple will be of interest to the following users:
| Extend the power of ICP for Maple with these
add-on products! |
| Multi-Input, Single-Output
(MISO) Modelling allows you to include multiple inputs
in the determination of dynamic models.
- Generate state space models for MISO systems
- Compute the transfer functions for every input/output combination
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Actuator/Sensor Nonlinearities
(ASN) Module compensates for the effects of non-linear
operating areas in the creation of system models.
- Identifies static nonlinearities arising from sensors and actuators
- Reduce the number of operating points and switches
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| These Add-Ons are fully integrated into
the existing GUIs of ecICP. Like with the base package, no expert
knowledge is required from the user. |
Industrial:
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Mechanical, electrical, process and control Engineers doing modeling
and/or control algorithm development for various real world systems
and components (cars, airplanes, machines, drives, propulsion, air
condition, temperature, valves, electronics, etc. ) and are involved
in Simulation, Controls, HiL (Hardware-In-The-Loop), ECUs (Electrical
Control Units), Test cell automation.
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Calibration engineers
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Test cell engineers/operators
Industry segments include: automotive (OEMs and suppliers), aerospace,
defense, power systems, power plants, chemical, process, robotics, drives,
propulsion, transportation, biotech, pharmaceutical.
Academic:
- Professors teaching mechanical, electrical and control Engineering
- Classrooms/Labs offering classes for the above disciplines
Features list:
Overall
- The package uses a Maplet user interface to enter parameters and
to display the results
- Results can be used directly in Maple for further analysis
Automatic System Modelling
- Generated continuous transfer functions, unlike discrete transfer
functions from other system identification tools that are only usable
at the sample frequency it was captured.
- Find models for non-linear systems by characterising their behavior
at different operating points and automatically returning a table of
linear transfer functions.
Automatic Controller Tuning
- Generate robust controller structures and optimal controller parameters
without the need to be familiar with the underlying control theory.
- For non-linear systems, ICP will generate a table of controllers for
different operating points.
- Controller parameters are provided to avoid actuator saturation related
wind-up problems.
- The resulting controller can be analysed in Maple for stability and
sensitivity in the closed control loop, with respect to precision limits,
rounding/truncation errors and parameter variation.
Controllers generated by ICP are compatible with ecCST (available separately),
a runtime library that provides a ready-to-use control algorithm that
provides stable closed loop behaviour, avoids tracking errors or actuator
saturation related wind-up problems and eliminates “bumps”
when switching between different controller parameter sets at different
operating points. Click here
for more information on ecCST.
Technical Requirements
- Maple 9.5 or higher
- Windows 2000 or Windows XP
- Download size 16.0 MB
Author Information
ExpertControl was founded in early 2002, and currently has offices
in Germany (Herrsching, Munich and Marburg) and the US (Detroit, MI).
ExpertControl provides powerful engineering software tools for independent
use and for various development environments, including Matlab, LabVIEW
and Maple. These easy-to-use tools are used in application areas where
reliable and high quality results are needed in a very limited amount
of time, and can be used right away: data acquisition and measurement
engineering, test-cell automation, modeling, simulation, control engineering,
real-time, HiL, ECUs.
ExpertControl's customers include BMW, DaimlerChrysler and other companies
in the automotive, aerospace, machinery and process control area, and
universities with similar research and teaching interests.
ExpertControl GmbH
Email: maple@expertcontrol.com
Web: www.expertcontrol.com
Technical Support
Provided by ExpertControl by telephone, fax and email: maple@expertcontrol.com
Contacts details may be found at www.expertcontrol.com
Maintenance
Unless noted differently, all software items above contain 1 year software
maintenance. Software maintenance is a service package provided by the
Toolbox Developer, consisting of Technical Support via telephone, fax
and email, upgrades (via download), patches (via download). |
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