Thursday, March 17th, 2022 12 AM EDT (UTC/GMT-4) Given the number of challenges in today’s modern world, it’s more important than ever to properly educate and prepare our young engineers while keeping them interested and motivated. The WHY lab at...
This article was written by Prof. Amenda Chow from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University. it was originally published in the FYMSiC Newsletter 9th Ed. February 2022. Republished here with the author's consent. What is an Experimental...
The Quanser Magnetic Levitation shown below is a one-dimensional magnetic levitation system. It has an optical ball position sensor and a current sensor to measure the current in the electromagnet coils. The Maglev system is a challenging control systems application...
For embedded real-time applications, it's crucial to have a reliable time base. When using MATLAB/Simulink in external mode, the generated real-time code runs at the desired rate using the specified solver, but this isn't the case with Python. Code deployed...
Thursday, February 24th, 2022 10 AM EST (UTC/GMT-5) Within half a century, autonomous driving vehicles, together with human-driven vehicles, will be employed in traffic scenarios, where the interactions of those vehicles will constantly occur. In these situations, the action of...
Episode 1: Initial Conditions Yes, indeed, in January of 2002, I started my journey with the founder Dr. Jacob Apkarian and Quanser. It is surreal now to think how simple it was to start, but how profoundly enjoyable and rewarding...