Hooray Engineering

Kinja'd!!! "Mattbob" (mattbob)
10/23/2015 at 15:00 • Filed to: None

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No one I talk to today will give a shit about this, so I will post it here. Today I programmed a proportional feedback loop to control the pressure build rate of a hydraulic piston from the travel rate of an electronic actuator given dubious initial conditions. (electric autonomous brake applier controlled via CAN) A good place to end a Friday. Remember, if anyone tells you that you will never need math, you hit them right in the face. Time for a beer!


DISCUSSION (13)


Kinja'd!!! bob and john > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:06

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oh that sounds fun. (mech-eng in training here)

what application?


Kinja'd!!! unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:16

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Hoorah for Calculus and Diff Eq!


Kinja'd!!! uofime-2 > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:24

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no integral or derivative control?


Kinja'd!!! Shark-Attack > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:28

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“No one I talk to today will give a shit about this, so I will post it here.”

Pretty much sums up my oppo postings as well.


Kinja'd!!! Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:31

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Engineering FTW


Kinja'd!!! Mattbob > uofime-2
10/23/2015 at 15:39

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No, i didnt really need it and I don’t really know how to do it in the scripting language I am using for CAN communication.


Kinja'd!!! Mattbob > bob and john
10/23/2015 at 15:43

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Testing of an automated braking system. The control was so that I could accurately meet the pressure build rates of a test profile. Fun times. I can’t really go into application specifics.


Kinja'd!!! Mattbob > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
10/23/2015 at 15:45

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Its only proportional control so no calculus, but hooray for them indeed.


Kinja'd!!! bob and john > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:46

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hmm. interesting.

so your working for tesla and getting the car to slow down after some idiot sets the auto pilot to 100mph? nice


Kinja'd!!! miadaman? yes please > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 15:48

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Hurray for science


Kinja'd!!! unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Mattbob
10/23/2015 at 16:13

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I saw initial condition and thought solving IVPs for diff eq.


Kinja'd!!! Mattbob > bob and john
10/23/2015 at 17:21

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No, not working for Tesla. Tesla doesn’t make their own brake boosters. :-) I am very familiar with the tesla brake booster.


Kinja'd!!! Mattbob > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
10/23/2015 at 17:22

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uuugh, flashbacks..... Please not IVPs.