Experimental implementation of MRAC for a DC servo motor

A hardware implementation of adaptive controllers using a digital signal processor (TMS320C25) is described. Two model reference adaptive control (MRAC) schemes are explored together with some of the practical problems associated with their implementation. In the case described, the truncation that occurs when a 32-b hardware register is stored in a 16-b memory location, is one of the main factors of the limit cycle present in the convergence of the adaptive gains. The solution to this problem is to use gamma modification. The gamma modification makes the convergence possible. It can be used to increase the convergence speed of the gains. A special controller is designed and implemented to adjust gamma as a function of the output error e/sub 1/. This controller reduces the oscillations of the adaptive gains around the final value.<<ETX>>