Microcontrollers/Electronics

[zanes]

Right, I've made this thread, as the Rev Limiter thread, although interesting, was getting a bit long, and the scrum down was getting distracting.
Anyway, I figure any general electronics/microcontroller stuff can go in here, if it dies it dies. Let Geekery begin!

 

[superls]

as ive just said in the rev limiter thread, we could really do with a members only electronics section

 

[zanes]

I was envisaging a more non-car related electronics thread, but I guess whatever comes is welcome. From the other thread, what's a allen bradley plc?

 

[Ed]

programmable logic controller.

 

[superls]

have you done anything on plc's?

and allen bradley pls is a plc made by 'allen bradley', if that makes any sense?

 

[zanes]

Nope, never used a plc. My main interest with PICs is robotics, and plcs look expensive!

 

[superls]

plc's are expensive, in comparrison to pics, but can do so much more, i work for a control systems company as a trainee control system designer 2 days per week, im only at college 3 days, and all we use are plc's.

 

[zanes]

Urgh! Systems and control (one of our modules) is not fun! Definitely not an area I would like to go into.

 

[Ed]

Really? Everything is about systems and control. ECUs for example. Its a huge subject that all electronics can fit into.

 

[zanes]

Well, our module is basically all about the control of DC motors. Liking the rest of my course, it's just a bit of a drag.

 

[Ed]

lol hence your H bridge...

 

[superls]

zanes, to be honest ive worked where i do now for 2 years and its not that bad, sometimes it can be quite interesting

 

[zanes]

The h-bridge is fine, as there is no feedback atm. It's the maths that comes with closed-loop control I do not like, especially when we have to design something to meet a specification, ie. a certain rise time and steady-state error,

 

[Retepetsir]

Lovely lovely lovely, I'm just coming to the end of my engineering degree! I quite like it to be honest

Just finished an assignment using assembly for an MPC823 PowerPC (painful) and also completed a project using a 672-pin FPGA (more complex programmable logic).