2-Axis Stabilization Platform

Abstract

2-Axis stabilization platform is primarily found in university control labs. This system provides the basis for the upcoming innovation in the field of control and stability. It has many applications instability, e-g weapon stabilization, gimbals, motion simulators, and most importantly, in E-gaming, which itself is a billion-dollar industry. This project will take the ball and beam problem concept and develop a 2-Axis stabilization platform. This project consists of a 150g ball, a touch screen, stepper motor, and a controller. The platform is a ball balancing system wherein we have used a closed-loop control system. This closed-loop control is totally based on a Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) controller. The PID controller controls the ball and continues the ball with inside the preferred position on the touch screen. Two control loops will be used to run the servo motor and impart the angle to the servo motor An essential part of the project is Arduino, a micro controller that performs all the PID calculations. It calculates the error difference between desired hall position and actual ball position. PID calculations are then fed to the stepper motor to rotate according to the calculations. Two feedback loops will be used to measure the motor angle and the other for measuring the ball's position. For this project, a simulation model is developed, and experimental conditions analyze its performance. MATLAB's Simulation model is designed solely to test the system's behavior before moving towards the testing phase, Simulink model covers most of the system's behaviors and its results showed stability with very minimum overshoot and less settling time