User manual

1 PRESENTATION
1.1 Description
The Quanser SRV02 rotary servo plant, pictured in Figure 1.1, consists of a DC motor that is encased in a solid
aluminum frame and equipped with a planetary gearbox. The motor has its own internal gearbox that drives external
gears. The SRV02 is equipped with three sensors: potentiometer, encoder, and tachometer. The potentiometer and
encoder sensors measure the angular position of the load gear and the tachometer can be used to measured its
velocity.
Figure 1.1: Quanser SRV02 system
There are two SRV02 options available: SRV02-ET and SRV02-ETS. The SRV02-ETS system includes a slip ring
assembly that allows the modules to be rotated the full 360 degrees.
1.2 Rotary Modules and Experiment Overview
The SRV02 rotary plant can be used stand-alone for several experiments but it also serve as a base component for
several add-on modules. Table 1.1 below lists these modules and the corresponding experiments that are supplied
with them. Thus a new plant is obtained by adding a module which presents new modeling and control challenges.
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