Lab 4: Interfacing Actuators

This is lab 4 of 7 in the course

by Dr. Petru A. COTFAS, Dr. Daniel T. COTFAS, Dr. Doru URSUTIU, and Dr. Cornel SAMOILA | Transilvania University of Brasov

The purpose of this lab is to study the behavior of two actuators using the NI ELVIS II platform. The devices studied in this lab are an electromagnetic relay and a stepper motor.

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STUDENT MATERIALS

Downloadable lab manual
LabVIEW VI's needed for completing labs are included in download

SKILLS REQUIRED

Basic understanding of LabVIEW and ELVIS II

Requirements

LabVIEW

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NI ELVIS II/II+

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DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

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LabVIEW 2014 or Later (requires license)
NI ELVISmx 14.0 or Later - Download

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NI ELVIS II or II+ - View Specifications, View User Manual
One electromagnetic relay Chansin, of 12 V, initial contact resistance 100 mΩ (1A, 24 VDC), contact material silver alloy
One transistor BC 177 NPN
One transistor BC 107 PNP
Two resistances of 100 kΩOne resistance of 1 mΩ
One resistance of 1 kΩ
One resistance of 2 kΩ
One resistance of 10 kΩ;
One resistance of 5.19 Ω, 5 W.

Component requirements for stepper motor testing include the following:

One stepper motor from INEX Innovative Experiment of 12 V, 100 Ω, 7.5 degree/step
One integral circuit ULN 2003 which has 7 NPN Darlington pairs
Four LEDs
Polarized resistors of 1 kΩ