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ANTENNA ROTATOR DESIGN and CONTROL by MUHAMMAD RUSYDI BIN BUCHEK 14302 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requ ANTENNA ROTATOR DESIGN AND CONTROL by MUHAMMAD RUSYDI BIN BUCHEK 14302 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) SEPTEMBER 2014 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar 31750 Tronoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL Antenna Rotator Design and Control by Muhammad Rusydi bin Buchek 14302 A project dissertation submitted to the Electrical & Electronics Engineering Programme Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (Hons) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS) Approved by, _____________________ (AP Dr Mohd Noh Karsiti) UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS TRONOH, PERAK September 2014 i CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY This is to certify that I am responsible for the work submitted in this project, that the original work is my own except as specified in the references and acknowledgements, and that the original work contained herein have not been undertaken or done by unspecified sources or persons. ___________________________________________ MUHAMMAD RUSYDI BIN BUCHEK ii ABSTRACT This paper consists of design and development of rotator for antenna positioning according to the desired azimuth and elevation. The rotator is to have the capability to be manually controlled (press button switch) or software driven. It should incorporate safety stop switches as well as position and speed sensors in order to achieve smooth movement and correct stopping position. The basic principle needs to be studies are speed control using the microcontroller, exact angle of position movement, and stoppable motor can be done in time due to emergency cases. As larger load is applied to the device, the large inertia will need to be compensated to achieve a good dynamic. For position and speed regulation in antenna system, a DC motor will need to be used as the primary driver along with the appropriate in mechanical coupling. The appropriate and suitable rotator need to be chosen for better result in speed and position. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................ i ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. iii LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... v 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT .................................................................................................. 2 1.3 OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY ............................................................................................................. 3 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................................................... 4 3.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 8 3.1 PROJECT FLOW CHART .................................................................................................. 9 3.1.1 Rotator Basic Principle and Proposed Circuit Design ................................................. 9 3.1.2 Tools and Materials .................................................................................................. 11 3.1.3 Programmed the Microcontroller and Testing Method ............................................. 13 3.1 GANT CHART AND KEY MILESTONE ....................................................................... 14 4.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSION.............................................................................................. 15 5.0 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................... 22 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 23 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................. 24 iv LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: The Basic Rotator Assembly ...................................................................................... 2 FIGURE 2: Antenna Working Principle ........................................................................................ 4 FIGURE 3: The Rotator Bearing Layout ....................................................................................... 5 FIGURE 4: Main Part of Servo Motor .......................................................................................... 6 FIGURE 5: The Servo Motor System ........................................................................................... 7 FIGURE 6: Methodology Flow Chart ........................................................................................... 9 FIGURE 7: Rotator’s Block Diagram ......................................................................................... 10 FIGURE 8: Initial Design Concept.............................................................................................. 10 FIGURE 9: Arduino UNO ........................................................................................................... 11 FIGURE 10: L293D Motor Driver .............................................................................................. 12 FIGURE 11: DC Geared Motor ................................................................................................... 13 FIGURE 12: Project Current Design Using VBB ....................................................................... 14 FIGURE 13: Project Gant Chart .................................................................................................. 14 FIGURE 14: Servo Mechanism Block Diagram ......................................................................... 15 FIGURE 15: Antenna Rotator ..................................................................................................... 16 FIGURE 16: Project Final Design Concept ................................................................................. 16 FIGURE 17: Serial Monitor from Arduino ................................................................................. 17 FIGURE 18: Schematic Diagram using Fritzing ......................................................................... 19 FIGURE 19: Front View of the Controller .................................................................................. 20 FIGURE 20: Right Side View of the Controller.......................................................................... 20 FIGURE 21: Left Side of the Controller ..................................................................................... 21 v CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND An antenna or can be called as aerial is the electrical power to radio waves conversion device and radio waves to electrical power [1]. The antenna communications need transmitter and receiver. The transmitter used is radio transmitter and the receiver used is radio receiver. The radiation pattern plays the important roles as characteristics of antenna [2]. It can determine where the concentrated radiation been directed. The best radiation pattern is the one that has the ability to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It will be better if the orientation of the antenna can be control by some device such as antenna rotator. The antenna is connected near to the controller and the rotator mounted below the antenna [3]. Rotator widely used as communication installation for military and radio. It can help the antenna to receive better signal from different direction without more forces. The Antenna Rotator Design and Control project is all about design and development of rotator to position antenna according to the desired azimuth and elevation [3]. The rotator need to have the capability to be manually controlled by using button switch or software driven. It should incorporate safety stop switches as well as position and speed sensors in order to achieve smooth movement and correct stopping position. The basic rotator that have been assemble consists of gearbox, motor, an encoder and rotary joint as illustrated below. 1 FIGURE 1: The Basic Rotator Assembly 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT The basis of all rotation devices is speed control and position. As larger load is applied to the device, the large inertia will need to be compensated to achieve a good dynamic [4]. For position and speed regulation in antenna system, a DC motor will need to be used as the primary driver along with the appropriate in mechanical coupling. The appropriate and suitable rotator need to be chosen for better result in speed and position. In order to regulate the position and speed, control signal need to be issued by a microcontroller to be used to move the motor and stop in time. To achieve better respond, proper control algorithm need to developed and implement on a microcontroller to provide the position control command. Therefore, the best antenna rotator is the rotator that can be control in speed and move towards desired
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