Nurul Izzati Samsuddin, N. Hasbullah, Salmiah Ahmad
{"title":"Fuzzy logic based temperature control of thermoelectric cooler (TEC) for single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) application","authors":"Nurul Izzati Samsuddin, N. Hasbullah, Salmiah Ahmad","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937146","url":null,"abstract":"Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is a temperature sensitive device. Even a slight variation of temperature can cause unstable performance in quantum efficiency, responsitivity and dark counts. Due to these reasons, unstable temperature could cause overall poor performance of SPAD. It is common for thermoelectric cooler (TEC) to be used as cooling of photodetectors. SPAD was mounted onto the TEC where it needs to be maintained at a constant low temperature under variation of ambient temperature. The system is simulated using Fuzzy Logic Toolbox in MATLAB Simulink. Simulated using P-type fuzzy logic with the set point temperature of −20°C and ambient temperature of 16°C, produce a result of −19.44°C. The P-type fuzzy logic control design has shown a good overall performance where the steady state error is ±0.56°C, which is equivalent to ±2.8% and the settling time for the output simulation, ts, is 35.91s.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131144600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Farhana, A. Alam, Sheroz Khan, Md. Ataur Rahman
{"title":"Design of a 2-bit multi valued analog-to-digital converter","authors":"S. Farhana, A. Alam, Sheroz Khan, Md. Ataur Rahman","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937142","url":null,"abstract":"A 2-bit higher radix analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit consisting of a combination of a pipelined ADC(and a set of cascaded current comparator cell has been proposed. The ADC generates multi-valued logic outputs rather than the conventional binary output system. The design is implemented using 0.13|im CMOS process. The performance analysis of the design shows desirable performance parameters in terms of response and low power consumption. The ADC design is suitable for the needs of mixed-signal integrated circuit design and can be implemented as a conversion circuit for systems based on multiple valued logic design.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115639497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Aibinu, M. Salami, Athaur Rahman Najeeb, J. F. Azeez, S. Rajin
{"title":"Evaluating the effect of voice activity detection in isolated Yoruba word recognition system","authors":"A. Aibinu, M. Salami, Athaur Rahman Najeeb, J. F. Azeez, S. Rajin","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937134","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses and evaluates the effect of voice Activity Detection (VAD) in an isolated Yoruba word recognition system (IYWRS). The word database used in this paper are collected from 22 speakers by repeating the numbers 1 to 9 three times each. A hybrid configuration of Mel-Frequency Cepstral coefficient (MFCC) and Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) have been used to extract the features of the speech samples. Artificial Neural Network algorithms are then used to classify these features. An overall accuracy of about 60% has been achieved from the two proposed feature extraction methods.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117256791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Rosli, S. M. Shalina, A. Anwar, H. Zaid, K. M. Ashhar
{"title":"Development of an automatic handling system for radioactive waste","authors":"D. Rosli, S. M. Shalina, A. Anwar, H. Zaid, K. M. Ashhar","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937181","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development of Radioactive Waste Automatic Handling System (RWAHS). It is developed to minimise the human exposure to radiation during handling process. The development consists of conceptual simulation, control design, handling mechanism, storage and retrieval system and storage structure. The conceptual design was done using CATIA design and modelling to analyse the suitable mechanism. The control system uses PLC controller, limit switches and proximity sensors with Personal Computer (PC) interface. The storage and retrieval machine is adapted from an electric powered lift truck with hydraulic lifting. The machine path was designed to follow a dedicated track for better control. The storage rack and load palette were specially designed to facilitate the storage and retrieval operation. This system has been successfully installed and would be able to reduce radiation exposure to the operators significantly.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129716504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and modeling of MEMS SAW resonator on Lithium Niobate","authors":"Noor Amalina Ramli, A. Nordin","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937127","url":null,"abstract":"Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) resonators are essential components for modern communication systems. They can function as filters and frequency synthesizers. SAW resonators operate based on the principle of acoustic waves propagating along the surface of a solid piezoelectric material. The waves are generated by injecting electrical energy using interdigitated transducers (IDTs) into the piezoelectric material which transforms it into propagating mechanical waves. This project intends to study the key design parameters that affect the performance of SAW resonator such as optimum spacing between IDT and reflector, optimum spacing of IDTs and the numbers of reflector in order to get the highest mechanical displacement. Key requirements of a SAW resonator include having precise resonant frequency (fr), low insertion losses, and high quality factors (Q). To meet these requirements, it is necessary to investigate the key design parameters; number of reflectors, number of IDTs, periodic distance of transducer fingers (λ), spacing between IDT and reflector. Finite element simulations to determine the optimum SAW resonator design was performed using COMSOL Multiphysics™.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127495060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and development of a hand-glove controlled wheel chair","authors":"Rini Akmeliawati, Faez S. Ba Tis, Umar Wani","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937126","url":null,"abstract":"Wheelchairs are a way of reincarnating the purpose of life in the lives of disabled people. Effective and efficient ways of delivering a cost-effective and affordable wheelchair to the common masses, which is not only at par with the present day technology, but is much easier to use are presented herewith. Replacement of the popular joystick stick controlled wheel chair with a hand-glove control system for easier maneuvering by bending the fingers, is discussed in this paper. Intended users control the system by wearing an instrumented glove fitted with flex or bend sensors for controlling the movement and direction of the wheelchair. Uni-directional wireless communication exists between the instrumented gloves and the controller which is sandwiched between the user's seat and the wheels. Initial design results are also presented in this paper. The technologies presented in this paper suggest a wide domain of possibilities to a wide variety of users. In addition, it also aims at making a cost-effective chair so that more hi-tech wheelchairs are made use of, widely, by people with disabilities.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130259527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Arshad, Sheroz Khan, A. Alam, Othman Omran Khalifa, T. Gunawan, Ezamurni Bt. Zulkefly, A'isyah Jaafar, Khairun Nissaa' Bt Abdul Latif, Norain Bt. Abidin, SitiNorkhairani Bt AbdWahab, NurulSyuhadah Bt. IzwarArfani
{"title":"Characterization of materials using non-contact inductive sensor applications","authors":"A. Arshad, Sheroz Khan, A. Alam, Othman Omran Khalifa, T. Gunawan, Ezamurni Bt. Zulkefly, A'isyah Jaafar, Khairun Nissaa' Bt Abdul Latif, Norain Bt. Abidin, SitiNorkhairani Bt AbdWahab, NurulSyuhadah Bt. IzwarArfani","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937151","url":null,"abstract":"Transducers and sensors play an important role in instrumentation and measurement. Expectations from non-contact biomedical implants are getting renewed interests among researchers. A novel work is carried by presenting a non-contact technique as an inductive transducer coils. A theoretical analysis of an inductive transducer is given which is followed by a development of non-contact measurement technique to characterize core materials within a frequency of 1 KHz to 20 KHz. Simulation is carried out using PSpice, Excel and MATLAB software tools. The simulation details are presented exploring the effect of materials through non-contact means.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126023983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Proteus VSM in modelling brushless DC motor drives","authors":"Mohamad Nasrul Abdul Satar, D. Ishak","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937161","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents simulation and hardware implementation of 3-phase Permanent Magnet Brushless DC (PM BLDC) motor drive for low power applications. For this drive system, pulse width modulation (PWM) control has been implemented for a 120-degree six-step trapezoidal PM BLDC motor drive. The processor used is PIC16F877 which is a common, flash-able and low-cost microcontroller unit (MCU) with functions to perform commutation sequence, rotating direction control, speed control and reading Hall sensor signals. The controlling technique uses sensored type in order to make this design suitable for low-speed and high-speed applications plus control simplicity. This paper also introduces the application of Proteus VSM (Virtual System Modelling) software as a realtime simulation tools to model the performance of PM BLDC motor drive before hardware implementation. Expected results can be monitored and analyzed throughout virtual simulation of all components used. Experimental verification has been carried out to validate the simulated circuit and the results were compared. The usage of Proteus VSM enables shorter product development time, thus reducing development cost for industrial applications.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124951129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6-DOF PC-Based Robotic Arm (PC-ROBOARM) with efficient trajectory planning and speed control","authors":"Wong Guan Hao, Yap Yee Leck, L. Hun","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937171","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decades, design and control a robotic arm is not an easy job. Many consideration need to be taken care while designing and controlling robotic arm. In addition, different robotic arm design may lead to different control solution. Furthermore, it is difficult for the robotic arm to follow the assigned geometry path in high precision and accuracy manner. This paper introduces the design and development of 6-DOF (degree of freedom) PC-Based Robotic Arm (PC-ROBOARM). The main context of the study is concerning a 6-DOF robotic arm, which is modeled as three-link, with each joint connected with a suitable servomotor. The robotic arm design and control solution is implemented by self developed computer software which is named as SMART ARM. It is a computer aided design and control solution for 6-DOF robotic arm which come with an user friendly graphical user interface (GUI). It allows user to model or design virtual robotic arm before building the real one. Therefore, the user can estimate the optimum size of actual robotic arm at the beginning so as to minimize the building cost and suite the practical environment. Furthermore, once the actual robotic arm has been built, the user can reuse the software to control the actual robotic arm in an effortless way without wasting time in constructing new control solution. The software also provides simulation feature. Through simulation in the GUI, the software assists greatly in visualizing the robotic arm trajectory planning. The PC-ROBOARM is actual robotic arm developed to prove the simulation results. The 6-DOF robotic arm design is based on PUMA (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly) jointed-arm model. Both point-to-point motion and continuous path motion are tested in simulation and actual arm controls.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115797209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Tijani, Rini Akmeliawati, A. Muthalif, A. Legowo
{"title":"Optimization of PID controller for flexible link system using a pareto-based multi-objective differential (PMODE) evolution","authors":"I. Tijani, Rini Akmeliawati, A. Muthalif, A. Legowo","doi":"10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOM.2011.5937190","url":null,"abstract":"The conflict between the transient performance of the link position and tip vibration in a flexible link system has made the control of such system a challenging task. The system is required to obtain a fast transient position response together with minimal tip vibration. This can be viewed like many other real-life control problems as a multi-objectives optimization problem in which an optimal compromise between the design objectives is required. PID controller is noted with historical simplicity in terms of design and implementation when compares to other linear time invariant (LTI) control techniques. However, the shortcoming of PID lies in the tuning of the controller gains for a given problem. To overcome this, a Multiobjective Differential Evolution (MODE)-based PID controller is reported in this study for controlling a flexible link system. The gains of the PID controller are tuned using a developed MATLAB-based MODE to obtain pareto-solutions for both link position and tip vibration. The performance of the selected best PID controller from MODE-based design is benchmarked with the LQR controller provided by the manufacturer (QUANSER) of the laboratory scale flexible link plant. Though, the LQR shows better transient performance in the position responses, the developed MODE-PID gave better tip response performances as indicated in both the simulation and experimental responses obtained.","PeriodicalId":376337,"journal":{"name":"2011 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122520746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}