Development of educational environment to improve efficiency of online education on control systems

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In recent years, lectures on control systems have focused on hands-on experience using actual control equipment than before. However, the online education triggered compulsorily by the Covid-19 pandemic poses has restricted the construction of an education environment for hands-on experience. In this study, we proposed an economical and compact experimental environment for control education that enables hands-on experience even through online education. To this end, we utilized a light weight rapid control prototyping (LW-RCP), which is a lab-built RCP environment, and the environment was constructed using 3D printing. In the proposed environment, LW-RCP enabled students to focus on the learning and application of related control concepts, without the inconvenience of manual C-coding and the possibility of debugging errors. In addition, the proposed control equipment, which was manufactured using 3D printing, is an inexpensive equipment with a sufficiently small size that can be placed on a desk. Owing to the low cost and small size of the proposed environment, each student can have his/her own experimental equipment, which will enable a hands-on experience even through online education. Online education is expected to expand more and more in the future as it exhibits various advantages and potentials from traditional face-to-face classes. The proposed educational environment is expected to play a meaningful role in satisfying the demands of hands-on experience for control-related lectures. © ICROS 2021.

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