Feedback Instruments provides instrumentation for the educational market. Having already developed a close relationship with its sister company Feedback Data, we have been asked to develop control algorithms applied to their control instrumentation. The project developed into longer-term cooperation on both software and hardware control products.
During the initial project stage we completely redesigned the control algorithms using Matlab and Simulink software. Together with a convenient-to-use software package we delivered a set of Installation and Commissioning and Control Experiments manuals, which served as comprehensive guide to conducting control experiments with Feedback control instrumentation.
The second project stage started off with the introduction a new Universal Control Interface (based on ARM9 core) designed, manufactured and programmed by Future Processing together with our partner companies.
The UCI works in two modes: Matlab and Simulink control, or as a stand-alone controller, interfaced through USB by a dedicated software package called Feedback Control Software (FCS). UCI AD, DA and digital I/O modules are connected to equipment dedicated Power Amplifiers to set the control signal or gather necessary measurements accordingly.
Apart from a dedicated UCI controller we also designed Power Amplifiers, which provide the drive to the control instrumentation and amplify the measurement signals.
In cooperation with Feedback Instruments we are constantly developing control instrumentation for the educational market. We are concentrating on developing new products and introducing new control algorithms both in Matlab, Simulink and FCS.
