A Novel Control Strategy for Multiple Switches Based on Electro-Rheological Fluid

Abstract:

A compact or portable mechatronic embedded system application has a strictly demands of volume and/or power consuming. Comparing with electronic parts, switches and/or actuators take the most proportion of volume or weight and power consuming of the whole system. A novel method of connecting multiple switches/actuators built by using electro-rheological fluid and a pair of governing electrodes and their control strategy are introduced in this paper. By using this method, the numbers of control components are changed from N times M to N plus M, the volume and weight reduced largely.A series structure is used in the application on multi-line Braille electro-book for blind people as a demonstration of this novel method. It provides a novel solution of shrinking system for a compact or portable mechatronic embedded system application.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 4)
• Pages: 95-100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.4.95
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Lu Ning Xu, Han Li, Jun Biao Liu
• Keywords: Control Strategy, Electro-Rheological Fluid, Mechatronic Embedded System, Switches Matrix

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