Design and Implementation of Electronic Control Trainer with PIC Microcontroller

Yousif I. Al Mashhadany

Electrical Engineering Department, Engineering College, University of Anbar, Baghdad, Iraq.

DOI: 10.4236/ica.2012.33025                

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of a PIC microcontroller in a conventional laboratory-type electronic trainer. The work comprises software for the PIC and hardware for the software. The PIC controller uses an EasyPIC6 board and includes a PC-interfaced programmer for the PIC chip. It has many external modules: 128 × 64 graphic LCD display, 2 × 16 LCD display, 4 × 4 keypad, and port expander, all in the same bench. The trainer is capable of 36 experiments in logic/analogue electronic and control systems. A 5-sided approximate sensor, two photoelectric sensors (BR56-DDT-P and BEN9M-TFR), four CMOS, four BCD-7-segment driven by CD4511B, two relays (2-pole and 3-pole), six voltages, ammeter measurement, DC motor, and 24VDC power supply, connect through connectors and pinions. Results of all the experiments show the trainer satisfying requirements of undergraduate and postgraduate projects involving conventional electronic and classical control systems.

Keywords

PIC Microcontroller; Photoelectric Sensor; Conventional Electronic Trainer

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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