How You’ll Learn Adams Controls

By following the tutorials in this guide, you’ll apply the four-step process of using Adams Controls on a simple antenna-pointing problem. The objective of the problem is to add a control system to the antenna that will move the antenna along a defined path to track a satellite signal.

For this tutorial, you will supply the torque that pivots the antenna in the azimuthal (horizontal) direction. The torque level will be computed by a control system, based on the error between the actual antenna position and the desired antenna position. This is more realistic than attaching an Adams motion to the pivot and driving the motion directly. By applying a torque, you can look at issues related to motor size in an actual mechanical system.