Experiences and Best Practices with NI Platform in a ...

Experiences and Best Practices with NI Platform

in a Control Laboratory

Dr. Withit Chatlatanagulchai

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Kasetsart University, Bang Khen Campus

Bangkok, Thailand

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Professor’s Responsibilities

• Teaching

• Research

• Academic services

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Teaching with NI Platform

• Introduction of university, faculty of engineering (Labviewsite license)

• Introduction of laboratory (How did we learn Labview?, Labview ambassador)

• Our NI platform in teaching (USB DAQ, MyRIO)

• 208587 grad-level advanced automatic control class

• Expectation in the near future• MSME in robotics (208579 grad-level instruments and signal

processing class)• Undergrad teaching (208371 3rd-year automatic control class,

208322 3rd-year mechanical vibration class)• NI Labview Academy• MOU with NI

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Research with NI Platform

• (2006-Present) Advanced techniques in automatic control

• (2006-2011) Engine control

• (2012-2016) Vibration reduction with input shaping

• (2017-Present) Deep learning, Machine learning

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Academic Services with NI Platform• Present

• 3D Robo Farmer• Remote weapon station• Data center• Smart camera for elderly• Process control test-rig• Train simulator and train model• Wave-compensated seat• Cement process control (Clinker, Kiln)• Plastic injection machine retrofit• Rubber coagulation oven

• (Near) future• Precision farming from satellite image • Smart building• Electric motorcycle• Self-driving car

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Teaching: Introduction of university, faculty of engineering

• Originated in 1904 (113 years)

• 4 main campuses

87%

11%2%

72,600 students

Undergrad Master PhD

Kasetsart University

Source: www.regis.ku.ac.th/cpcmns/rpt_std_ku3.php

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• Originated in 1938 (79 years)

87%

11%2%

13,305 students

Undergrad Master PhDFaculty of Engineering

Source: www.regis.ku.ac.th/cpcmns/rpt_std_ku3.php

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Number of engineering students; Bang Khen campus; year 2017; total 6,369 persons

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Source: Educational service department, Faculty of engineering, Bang Khen campus

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FULL-TIME FACULTY

Bang Khen campus; year 2017• Faculty education

• PhD 259

• Master 55

• Bachelor 10

• Faculty rank• Full professor 5

• Associate prof 108

• Assistant prof 109• Lecturer 102

Source: Departments’ websites

Source: http://www.person.ku.ac.th/new_personweb/stat/2560/UOC_STAFF_2_2560.PDF

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NI Academic Site License: Faculty of Engineering, Bang Khen campus, year 2017

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NI Academic Site License • For all faculty and students

• For teaching and research

• Access to NI Software

• Access to learning materials, online courses, supporting staffs

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Teaching: Introduction of laboratory

• Control of Robot and Vibration Laboratory (CRVLAB)• PhD degrees 9

• Master degrees 30

• Field of interest• Advanced control theory

• Engine control

• Vibration control

• Machine learning

CRVLAB (since 2007)

Source: www.crvlab.com

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• How did we learn Labview?• Books

• 2003 Book by Robert H. Bishop

• In-program help• NI Example Finder• Show Context Help• Labview Help

• www.ni.com• Case studies, community,

discussion forums, knowledge base, webcasts

• Supporting staffs from NI Thailand

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• NI Labview Student Ambassador• Mr. Supparat Damyot

(2nd-year PhD student)

• Mr. Pisit Intarawirat

(2nd-year Master student)

• Responsibilities• Teach series of workshops

• Help prepare for CLAD exam

• Intermediary between university and NI

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Teaching: Our NI platform in teaching

• We have 10 units

• 8 Analog input

• 2 Analog output

• 13 Digital I/O

• 1 Counter (count up only)

• We have 10 units

• 10 Analog input

• 6 Analog output

• 40 Digital I/O

• 4 Counters (quadrature encoder)

• Serial (UART, SPI, I2C)

• 8 PWM

• Wireless

• Accelerometer

USB-6001 NI myRIO

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• 20 Master and PhD students

• 10 experimental sets

• Diesel engine’s throttle control

• USB-6001

Teaching: 208587 grad-level advanced automatic control class

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Teaching: 208587 grad-level advanced automatic control class• PID control

• Sliding-mode control

• Fuzzy logic

• System identification

• Linear state-space methods

• Adaptive control

• Quantitative feedback theory

• Nonlinear control

• Robust multivariable control

• Model predictive control

• Linear matrix inequalities

• Input shaping

User-defined functions

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• MSME in Robotics (2/2017)

• 208579 grad-level instruments and signal processing class, taught by NI engineer

• NI Labview Academy

• MOU with NI

Teaching: Expectations in the near future

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Research: (2006-2011) Engine control

• NI powertrain controls systems for engine control and combustion analysis

• Diesel-dual-fuel engine (Diesel + gas)

• Already a commercial product for passenger truck

• 30% fuel cost saving

• More info at www.crvlab.com

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Research: (2012-2016) Vibration reduction with input shaping

• NI PCI-6221, NI myRIO, NI CompactDAQ

• More info at www.crvlab.com

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Research: (2017-Present) Deep learning, Machine learning

• Facial expression

• Face recognition

• Plant health monitoring

• Driverless car

• Big data

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Academic Services: 3D RoboFarmer

• Toward fully automatic farming: land preparation, planting, caring, harvesting

• myRIO for control, machine vision, and deep learning

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Academic Services: Remote weapon station

• Target seeking

• Target tracking

• Ballistic calculation

• System integration

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Academic Services: Data center

• Energy consumption modeling

• Big data analytic

• Machine learning

• Plans to reduce consumption

Source: Dayarathna et al. (2016)

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Academic Services: Smart camera for elderly

• Machine vision

• Deep learning

• Thermal camera

Detect body on the floor

Identify distress callDetect painful face

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Academic Services: Process control test-rig

• Test-rig for mixing gases and liquids in a petroleum industry

• Connect with chemical process equipment

• Process control

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Academic Services: Train simulator

Monitors

EquipmentsTrainer

computerTrain simulator

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LAN

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Academic Services: Train model• Wireshark network

protocol analyser

• Imitate wificommands by Labview

• Bombardier signaling

Trains

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Academic Services: Wave-compensated seat

• Design a new passenger seat

• Compensate pitch and roll movement

• Interface with serial IMU and AC servo motors

Seat

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Academic Services: Cement process control

• Cement kiln

• Use deep learning for kiln control

• Model-independent adaptive (MIA) control

Labview DSC module and NI OPC servers

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Academic Services: Plastic injection machine retrofit

• NI to replace outdated controller

• Work with thermocouple, heater, motor, hydraulic, LVDT, and so on

• State chart to replace PLC program

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Academic Services: Rubber coagulation oven

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Future academic Services: Precision farming from satellite image

• Drought prediction with deep learning and machine learning

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Future Academic Services: Smart building

• BACnet, a standard communication protocol for building automation system

• BACnet/IP Protocol for Labview by OvakTechnologies

• No OPC server required

• Direct communication between BACnet devices and NI hardware/Labview

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Future Academic Services: Premium electric motorcycle

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Future Academic Services: Self-driving car

• Semantic segmentation with deep learning

• Path planning, obstacle avoidance, sensors, actuators

Source: Roozbeh, M. et al., CVPR 2014.

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