Make: Quanser
Make: Quanser
- Capabilities
- Demonstrates key aerospace control concepts including attitude, angular velocity, and stabilization.
- Supports controller design using PID, LQR, and state-space control strategies.
- Integrates seamlessly with QUARC/MATLAB-Simulink for real-time implementation.
- Includes dual rotors (pitch and yaw) for 2-DOF control experiments.
- Provides high-fidelity sensors for angle, rate, and motor voltage measurements.
- Ideal for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research-level control experiments.
- Compatible with QLabs Virtual Aero and Quanser hardware interface (QPIDe/Q8).
- Used for control system design validation and teaching advanced control concepts.
Software and Control Environment
- Uses QUARC Real-Time Control Software integrated with MATLAB/Simulink.
- Enables live control implementation, parameter tuning, and data logging.
- Supports multiple control schemes – PID, LQR, state feedback, and observer design.
- Compatible with other Quanser hardware such as QCar and Active Suspension for multi-domain research.
- Applications
- Attitude and angular velocity control of aerial systems.
- Flight dynamics and control algorithm development.
- Validation of real-time state-space and optimal controllers.
- Research in mechatronics, control systems, and autonomous flight control.
- Consultancy and training in aerospace control and simulation technologies.
- Charges
| S. No. | Experiment Details | UG /PG Students from Academic Institutions (in INR) | Research Scholar from Academic Institution (in INR) | Project Staff from Academic Institution (in INR) | Faculty Members from Academic Institutions (in INR) | Research Scientist from R&D Organizations (in INR) | Industry Personnel from Industry (in INR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Aero workstation Experiment (PID Control) | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 3000 | 3000 |
| 2 | Advanced Control (LQR / Observer Design) | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 | 3500 | 3500 |
- Location
TT045, Control Systems Laboratory
School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore – 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India
- Contact
Dr. M. Geetha
Professor Grade-2
Control Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore – 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: geetha.mani@vit.ac.in
Phone: +91 [9566919631]
Consultancy and Training Opportunities
This facility supports industrial consultancy and collaborative research in:
- Aerospace control simulation and testing
- Real-time controller validation
- Customized workshops on modern control applications using Quanser hardware