Low-cost magnetic levitation project kits for teaching feedback system design

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1308-1313

  Lilienkamp, Katie A ^a   Lundberg, Kent H ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COSTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

MAGNETIC LEVITATION;

EID: 5044224069     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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