Friday, 5 February 2010

LaPlace Transformation and Parts

relavant website and book for revision

Laplace tranforms will help my signal output to be damped and so the rig would be stable. They are used with such applications as helicopters and the inverted pendulum:



www.intmath.com/laplace-transformation/intro.php

"Mathematical methods for physics and engineering" by Riley, Hobson and Bence.

- also a friend who studied pure maths at leeds university has offered to teach me how to understand the transforms.

Applying it in code. I wouldnt necessarily have to understand the laplace transform when applying it in code but I would consider it a great personal triumph if I could understand it.

There are a number of sites which can help with this however I would like to understand what the tranformation does in practise before implementing it.

I have acquired some digipots in order to control volts going to the rig. The pots can handle up to 30 volts but I only need 24v max. I have also acquired detailed information on the operations of the digipots.