Lab Exercise 4: Design Analysis Tool

Objectives:

  1. Become familiar with MATLAB based design analysis tool.
  2. Be able to upload Arduino data into the design analysis tool.
  3. Be able to conduct performance analysis of an AEV operation.
  4. Be able to export plots for reports.

Questions:

  1.  Provide the following figures and tables:
  • A plot of Power vs. Time

  • A plot of Power vs. Distance

  1.  Provide an explanation for the figures and what they are representing (Hint: refer to the Arduino Code).

The AEV will accelerate, run at a constant speed, reverse, increase at a constant speed and then break

Arduino Code:

/Accelerate all motors from start to 25% in 3 seconds

celerate(0,0,25,3);

 

//Run all motors at a constant speed (25% power) for 1 second

motorSpeed(4,25);

goFor(1);

// Run all motors at 20% power for 2 seconds.

motorSpeed(4,20);

goFor(2);

 

//Reverse all motors.

reverse(4);

 

//Run all motors at a constant speed (25% power) for 2 second.

motorSpeed(4,25);

goFor(2);

//Brake all motors.

 brake(4);

  1.  Explain the figures by describing what the  AEV is doing for each section of the plot

The AEV will accelerate, run at a constant speed, reverse, increase at a constant speed and then break.