On the Implementation of Low-cost Home-made Aeropendulum Prototypes for Improving Understanding of Dynamical Systems Concepts

Abstract

This work shows recommendations for the implementation of a low-cost home-made aeropendulum prototype, in order to have a working system at home to experiment and verify concepts of dynamical systems with. The discussion includes options to select structural materials and electronics components, aside from those elements a power supply and a computer are needed, allowing to visualize and, therefore, analyze system behavior associated to specific concepts of dynamical systems and control systems. A very basic implementation of the aeropendulum is shown, as well as some results obtained with such prototype, with suggested further steps to motivate the respective analysis, including some ideas for linear model parameter identification and stability behavior.