Ian O'Neill asked . 2023-03-24

How to Get Intermediate Signal of Block Diagram for Control System?

Hi, I have a block diagram (included below) of a control system for a mass damped cart and a PID control system. I have set up the system and solved for the output (X position), but am now looking to solve for the actual voltage applied to the system and cannot figure out how to get that data from MATLAB.

Intermediate Signal of Block Diagram

Additionally here is my code that I currently have:

% Cart Transfer Function
s = tf('s');
G = 1.5531/(s^2+10.0938*s);
G.u = 'V'; %input (voltage)
G.y = 'X'; % ouput (x position)

% PID Controller Transfer Function
H = pid(120,10,40);
H.u = 'e'; % input (error)
H.y = 'V'; % output (voltage)

% Combined Transfer Function for R to X (X/R)
Sum = sumblk('e = R - X'); % solve for error in terms of R and X
XR = connect(H,G,Sum,'R','X');

% Solve for step response
[x1, t1] = step(XR,1.5);

My attempted solution was as follows:

% Combined Transfer Function for R to V (V/R)
VR = connect(H,G,Sum,'R','V');
% [V, t2] = step(VR,1.5); % Commented out because it throws error: 
% Error using DynamicSystem/step
% Cannot simulate the time response of improper (non-casual) models.

However this results in an improper model (More zeros than poles). I feel like there should be a function in MATLAB, but I have spent hours searching and nothing seems to fit what I am looking for.

Any help is greatly appreciated, and let me know if there is anything I forgot or anything I can clarify.

block diagram , transfer function , control system , pid

Expert Answer

Prashant Kumar answered . 2024-12-16 00:52:48

AFACIT, you did everything correctly as far as defining and connecting the diagram. With the PID controller defined, the transfer function from R to V is, in fact, improper (the numerator is higher order than the denominator).

Consider using the fourth argument to pid. Instead of a pure derivative, the 'derivative' term will be of the form Kd*s/(Tf*s + 1), i.e., a high pass filter. Normally, one would select Tf as large as it can be while still meeting system response requirements. Making Tf large reduces the high frequency gain H(s) and reduces high frequency effects on the control due to changes in R or noise on the feedback signal. Alternatively, you can try to make it small to better approximate the pure derivative if that's what you want. I modified the code below to make Tf = 1e-3 as an example. Also, we can specify both V and X as outputs from connect so we only need one code to get both responses.

s = tf('s');
G = 1.5531/(s^2+10.0938*s);
G.u = 'V'; %input (voltage)
G.y = 'X'; % ouput (x position)
% PID Controller Transfer Function
H = pid(120,10,40,1e-3)

H =
 
             1            s    
  Kp + Ki * --- + Kd * --------
             s          Tf*s+1 

  with Kp = 120, Ki = 10, Kd = 40, Tf = 0.001
 
Continuous-time PIDF controller in parallel form.

H.u = 'e'; % input (error)
H.y = 'V'; % output (voltage)
% Combined Transfer Function for R to X (X/R)
Sum = sumblk('e = R - X'); % solve for e,rror in terms of R and X
%XR = connect(H,G,Sum,'R','X');
% Solve for step response
%[x1, t1] = step(XR,1.5);
% Combined Transfer Function for R to V  and X 
clsys = connect(H,G,Sum,'R',{'V' 'X'});
zpk(clsys)

ans =
 
  From input "R" to output...
        40120 s (s+0.08579) (s+2.905) (s+10.09)
   V:  -----------------------------------------
       (s+0.08621) (s+2.584) (s+74.75) (s+932.7)
 
              62310 (s+2.905) (s+0.08579)
   X:  -----------------------------------------
       (s+0.08621) (s+2.584) (s+74.75) (s+932.7)
 
Continuous-time zero/pole/gain model.

% call step twice because the X repsonse takes longer than the V response
figure
step(clsys('X','R'))

figure
step(clsys('V','R'))

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