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Hardware and software requirements.
TRAS Toolbox is distributed on a CD-ROM. It contains the software and TRAS User’s
Manual. The Installation Manual is distributed in a printed form.
Hardware
Hardware installation is described in the Installation manual. It consists of:
• TRAS Mechanical Unit,
• Power interface and wiring allowing electrical connections to the TRAS set-up,
• RT-DAC/PCI I/O board. The board contains FPGA equipped with dedicated logic
design,
• Pentium or AMD based personal computer.
Software
For development of the project and automatic building of the real-time program the
following software has to be properly installed on the PC:
• Microsoft Windows XP/W7,
• MATLAB version R2009a/b, R2010a/b, R2011ab or R2012a with appropriate
versions of Simulink RTW and RTWT toolboxes (not included),
• Control Toolbox from MathWorks Inc. to develop the project,
• The TRAS toolbox which includes specialised drivers for the TRAS System. These
drivers are responsible for communication between MATLAB and the
RT-DAC/PCI measuring and control board.
The built-in Open Watcom compiler is applied.
Manuals:
• Installation Manual
• User’s Manual
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The experiments and corresponding to them measurements have been
conducted by the use of the standard INTECO system. Every new system
manufactured and developed by INTECO can be slightly different to those
standard devices. It explains why a user can obtain results maybe slightly
different to these given in the manual.
FEATURES of TRAS
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A highly nonlinear MIMO system ideal for illustrating complex control algorithms.
The set-up is fully integrated with MATLAB/Simulink and operates in real-time
in MS Windows.
Real-time control algorithms can be rapidly prototyped. No C code programming is
required.
The software includes complete dynamic models.
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