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A two-day music festival called "Psychedelix Americana" will celebrate the best progressive and genre-bending bluegrass in Brooklyn on April 11 and 12 at the Bell House in Gowanus.
But don't go digging for that tie-dye t-shirt just yet, the organizer said.
"To me 'psychedelic' just means building something new and experimenting, and you have a lot of bands on the bill that are doing that," said Alex Borsody, who also plays the banjo.
Indeed, there are plenty of bands pushing the boundaries in what is typically a tradition-heavy genre. Brooklyn's Gangstagrass is cutting new paths through bluegrass territory, combining old-time fiddles and banjos with hip-hop beats and lyrics.
It seems contradictory, but the genres have more common ground than most realize, said the band's founder, who goes by the name Rench. Bluegrass and hip-hop both put a premium on improvisation, he said, and that allows for an on-stage chemistry that spans the divide between urban lyricists and rural pluckers.
"Once we saw there was that common approach, we realized we could kind of let loose on stage," he said.
Rench said the band's brand of genre-blending could only come from the borough that is home to both hip-hop legends and young gents sporting curly mustaches and suspenders.
"It's an only-in-Brooklyn thing," he said.
Another progressive group on the bill is all-girl band Your Ex-Girlfriends, which puts a rock 'n' roll spin on country music classics.
These gals also push audience gender expectations, taking cowboy songs and cranking them to 11.
The group's founder said Your Ex-Girlfriends doesn't just cover jukebox staples — it also puts its spin on local artists such as Jeff Duarte and Alex Battles.
The festival lineup, curated by New York music magazines Deli and Relix, also includes hillbilly swing maestro Seth Kessel, borough bluegrassers the Union Street Preservation Society, and psychgrass pioneers New Riders of the Purple Sage.
There will also be a banjo workshop at 6:30 pm on Friday, Borsody said, where experts will teach speed-pickers the hyper-fast "Scruggs style" and demystify the skin-slapping clawhammer technique — BYOB(anjo).
A portion of the festival's revenue will go to the Tony Rice Foundation, which helps the eponymous roots musician pay his mounting medical bills, Borsody explained.
"No bluegrass star is super wealthy," he said.
"Psychadelix Americana" at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third streets in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www.psyche
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Wagner 200 - Siegfried
Wagner 200: The third opera of The Ring Cycle centres on Siegfried, the boy who knows no fear. Siegfried forges a new sword out of the remains of his father's shattered blade Nothung, which he then uses both to kill the dragon Fafner, and to break The Wanderer's spear. The opera ends with his discovery of Brunnhilde, and finally realising the meaning of fear, and of love. Jay Hunter Morris sings Siegfried, with Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde and Mark Delavan The Wanderer. The broadcast includes a Wagner 200 Opera Guide on Siegfried.
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Simone de Beauvoir Studies is a peer-reviewed journal affiliated with the Society. The journal is currently undergoing transition to a new structure and will begin accepting submissions again in September 2017. For more information, please contact the Editor, Jennifer McWeeny.
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Beef Fajitas
READY IN: 25mins
Recipe by Karen From Colorado
We have this easy and delicious Mexican dish often served with beans and rice. The better cut of meat you use, the more tender it is.
Top Review by MizzNezz
These were super! Karen, you do have a way with Mexican food! I used sirloin steak and the red onion, and added a little minced garlic. Served this with a jicama salad and Mexican soup. Thank you Karen, we will use this one a lot!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb beef steak, thinly sliced into strips
- 1 medium onion (I prefer the taste of red onions)
- 1 large green bell pepper
- 1 large tomatoes, diced
- 2 teaspoons cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- warmed tortilla
- sour cream
- guacamole
- salsa
Directions See How It's Made
- Partially freeze meat for easier slicing.
- Heat oil in a large skillet or wok.
- Add steak strips to the oil.
- Stir-fry until meat loses its pink color.
- Remove meat from pan.
- Add additional oil to the pan if needed.
- Cook onions and bell pepper until crisp tender.
- Return meat to pan.
- Add the water, chili powder, cumin, and Worcestershire sauce.
- Cook and stir until the water is gone.
- Stir in the tomatoes.
- Heat through.
- Place some of the meat in a warm tortilla leaving the bottom half free.
- Top with sour cream, guacamole, and salsa.
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What is IFTTT Anyways?
IFTTT (If This Then That) is a web application that lets a trigger on one web service or "channel" fire an action on another. This simple conditional statement is called a "recipe". An example recipe might be having IFTTT monitor the RSS feed from your blog and share your new blog posts to Facebook automatically when they're published.
There are 266 total channels and counting available from IFTTT. Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Nest Thermostat, Philips hue and Alexa are just a few of the channels available.
Home Automation IFTTT Recipes
I recently discovered IFTTT and was amazed by the sheer number of triggers and actions available for each channel. You can make the Wi-Fi on your Android phone turn off or on when you leave your house or your are returning to it. Or you can have it automatically send a Facebook status update at the beginning of each year wishing your friends a "Happy New Year!".
There are thousands of recipes already made public by the massive IFTTT community. Add existing recipes to your account or create your own. Set them up once and sit back while they repeatedly save you time and possibly money.
One small portion of what IFTTT can help with is home automation. And the amount of devices you can control is rapidly growing. IFTTT already has triggers and actions available for WeMo, Wink, SmartThings, Nest, Philips hue and many other home automation products. Below are some of the best recipes I've found to help you out.
A quick note about the recipes listed. There might be a few that look like they do the same thing. That's because IFTTT has separate channels for retrieving the location from Android, iOS and Automatic. So each task needs a separate recipe depending on the device you're using.
1. When you leave home your lights will automatically turn off
Leaving for work and want to make sure you're not wasting any electricity? Turn off all Philips hue lights when your iPhone's GPS detects that you have left your home.
2. Automatically turn your lights on when you arrive home
Perfect addition to the recipe above. Have all of your Philips hue lights turn on when your iPhone detects that you have come back home. This beats the socks off an outdoor motion sensor controlled light any day of the week. You won't be wasting valuable power every time someone walks by the house. Instead, IFTTT will know exactly when you arrive home and turn on that light just for you.
3. At sunrise turn off all Philips hue lights
There is no need to waste your electricity and money lighting your home when it's nice and sunny outside. Use this recipe to turn off all Philips hue lights when the sun comes up.
4. Set to Away and turn your Philips hue bulbs off
Your Nest Learning Thermostat will set itself to Away if it hasn't detected motion in a while. Use the motion detection feature of your Nest Thermostat to turn off your Philips hue bulbs when you are away from home.
5. Turn on your lights when you're near home
What about Android? No worries. Here is a recipe that uses the location of your Android device to turn on your lights when you're near home. How nice would it be to light up your driveway after getting off the night shift?
6. Turn the lights on when I get up
Your Fitbit claims it can track your sleep. So it knows when you have woken up. Make your Philips hue bulbs light up when your Fitbit knows you're up for the day.
7. Set to Home and turn your WeMo Switch on
If your Nest Thermostat detects that you are home, have it turn on any device connected to a WeMo Switch like a lamp or a space heater.
8. At sunset set your Nest Thermostat to ___°
Use data provided by Yahoo! Weather to set your Nest Thermostat to a specific temperature at sunset.
9. If the temperature outside drops below ___° then set your Nest Thermostat to ___°
The outside temperature can have a drastic effect on the temperature indoors. Use this recipe to start the furnace if the outdoor temperature drop below a specific number.
10. Turn on the lights when your Echo Alarm goes off
Getting out of bed on a Monday morning can be rough. If the alarm isn't enough to jar you awake, have your Philips hue lights turn on when your Echo alarm goes off.
11. Alexa Dim All lights
Amazon Echo's Alexa is loyal and she wants to help you. Tell her to dim all the Philips hue lights in the house and she will without thinking twice.
12. If your Nest Protect detects a smoke alarm emergency then turn your Philips hue lights on
This recipe could be a life saver. If Nest Protect detects smoke, turn on all of your Philips hue lights so you can safely leave the house.
13. Receive an emergency call if smoke is detected
If you are away from home and smoke is detected by Nest Protect, get a phone call letting you know. Of course it could be a false alarm. But do you really want to take that chance?
14. Turn your lights on when you arrive home
The Automatic car adapter plugs into the standard diagnostics port hidden under the dash of your car. You can pair the adapter with the Automatic app and see useful information about your car and driving habits. This recipe will turn the lights on in your home when Automatic knows you have arrived.
15. Turn off your house lights when you leave home
This recipe makes a great addition to the one above. Use information from Automatic to know when you leave your home and turn off your lights.
16. If the temperature outside rises above ___° then set your Nest to ___°
Nest supports IFTTT so much so that Nest has their own IFTTT account and publish recipes regularly. This recipe by them uses the current outdoor temperature provided by the Weather channel to set the temperature on your Nest Thermostat when it's too hot out. The Nest Thermostat already has a min and max temperature setting that will cool down or heat up your home if it passes over the threshold. But I would choose this recipe over that because it will cool down to a temperature of your choosing instead of just enough to be within the range of acceptable temperatures.
17. At sunset, turn on your lights
We turn on our lights every night after the sun goes down. This recipe that turns the lights on after the sun goes down would be useful. Especially during those winter months when the sun goes down at 5:00 pm.
18. Current temperature to nimbus dial
Quirky, the makers of Wink, have a product called the Nimbus alarm clock. Reviews on Amazon say it's horrible, but a five-star review I saw said that if you use IFTTT instead of their app, it works great! Aside from being an alarm clock, it has three other dials that you can customize. You can set it to track your Facebook likes or display the number of emails you received since you last checked your inbox. This recipe sets the dial and screen to the current temperature.
19. When the UV index rises above 10, turn off the lights to let the sunshine in.
This clever recipe will turn off your lights inside when it knows the UV index is high. Partly cloudy skies can sometime raise the UV index. This recipe won't know the cloud conditions outside so don't expect perfection.
I have already started saving myself time and money by automating little tasks with IFTTT. What would you like to do with IFTTT? I would love to hear your ideas in the comments below!


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The man dragged off a United Airlines flight, sparking an worldwide uproar, suffered a broken nose and concussion, his lawyer said Thursday, adding that he is planning to sue.
Early on, United CEO Oscar Munoz added to what was already a public relations nightmare for the company when he apologized for the incident but accused Dao of being belligerent. Bumping is more common at large hubs like Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, where Dao was violently removed from flight 3411 by Chicago aviation officers, Lamonaca said.
It is unclear how the scorpion got onto the flight, although the most likely scenario is that it snuck onboard inside someones luggage.
According to Pew Research, Asians are the best-educated, highest-income racial group in the U.S. The survey reports that most Asian-Americans do not feel a sense of racial discrimination, with only one-in-five saying that they were treated unfairly or discriminated against because they are Asian.
"Our flight attendants helped a customer who was stung by what appeared to be a scorpion on a flight last week", United said in a statement.
Demetrio said Dao will "probably" sue over the incident and that the city of Chicago, which employs the guards, is also responsible. United's contract of carriage says passengers may receive up to $675 if the flight arrives between one and four hours after the planned arrival time of the original flight. Munoz initially said, "I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers".
Demetrio said his client accepts the apology.
At this point, without direction and outside the control of United Airlines or the Republic crew, the Chicago Department of Aviation forcibly removed the passenger.More news: Great Barrier Reef fears after mass bleaching
Demetrio said Dao had told him that being dragged down the plane aisle was more terrifying than his experience fleeing Vietnam in 1975.
Attorney Thomas Demetrio also said neither Dao nor his family had heard directly from United since the incident.
Dao was seriously injured by security officers who forced him off the plane against his will, banging his head on armrests in the process. Dao didn't remember exactly what occurred because of the concussion he suffered, Demetrio said.
"We were completely horrified and shocked at what had happened to my father", she said.
United says it randomly selected Dao because it needed to put crew members on the sold-out flight to Louisville, Kentucky.
After three passengers agreed to relinquish their seats, Dao said he was a doctor and could not give up his seat because he had appointments the following day.
"There are no excuses", Alderman Michael Zalewski said.
At a later city council aviation committee meeting, Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans said the department was investigating the incident and reviewing its training.


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Yak_Rays of Chaos
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
I'm sorry it took me so long to come check this out.
When it started playing, I thought "Oh no, not another one of those minimalistic, wierd, wierdness wierd things."
But I continued listening, and what I heard was a vibrant explosion, a gun that fired, not just cutesy stuff, but not chaos either. It fired vibrancy, diversity, and excitement, not differentiable between happiness and sadness, but instead celebrating life itself, how it was, but how to get the most fulfilling version of it ;)
I'm really happy you reviewed my work, and let me have the opportunity to listen to this :)
I'm gonna go listen to more of it :D
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A bond, sometimes romantic, that forms between two members of the opposite sex who smoke weed together frequently. Named after an apocryphal story included in some editions of Arabian Nights in which Mustapha, a hashish merchant, has a tryst one of his customers, who is the wife of a local sheep herder. Mustapha and this woman smoke together a bunch of times and then start Kissing On The Lips. When her husband finds out he gets hella pissed and kills Mustapha as a sheep herder would. It Is Pretty Brutal.
Dogg, this ladybitch and I smoked out of her bong ten times this past weekend and we got this crazy Mustapha's Rope thing going on.
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After the short documentaries CHOA and BIKINI WORDS now also LAST LETTERS has been featured as an Editor's Pick by The Atlantic. Thanks to Nadine Ajaka for showcasing the video! LAST LETTERS is a journey through loss, space and memory. The film commemorates the victims of the tragic Sewol ferry accident, in which 304 out of 476 passengers and crew members died in 2014.
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LAST LETTERS has been selected as a SHORT OF THE WEEK ! Each day the prestigious online platform Short of the Week features one handpicked film, which they consider to be among "the greatest and most innovative stories from around the world". This way Short of the Week has been serving up epic, bite-sized films to millions around the world since 2007. Please follow this link to watch LAST LETTERS on Short of the Week and have a look at Jason Sondhi's much appreciated review (right below the film).
LAST LETTERS. A short documentary
On the 16th of April 2014 a ferry en route from Incheon to Jeju Island in Korea capsized. 304 out of 476 passengers and crew members died in this tragic accident. This short film follows eight families that lost loved ones that day, and explores the physical and emotional spaces that the tragedy left behind. The film juxtaposes documentary and fictional elements. It shines a light on this still unsolved tragedy and shows the isolation the families feels while they pose for an incomplete family portrait.
More than 2 1/2 years have passed since the Sewol ferry tragedy, which took place on the 16th of April 2014. This day has marked a black day on the Korean calendar ever since for many people. Korea has not been the same again.
Many of the remaining family members of the victims have become engaged in activism due to dissatisfaction with the Korean government and how they handled the tragedy. Nine of the victim's bodies have never been recovered while the government failed to retrieve the shipwreck to carry out a full investigation. Many people in Korea, not just those affected directly by the tragedy, have many questions about the circumstances of the accident and who should be held responsible for the loss of so many innocent lives. Several Korean filmmakers have tackled the Sewol disaster to examine how this could have happened. And since these documentaries are investigative, I felt I would rather like to create something from a different point of view.
As most of my work is inspired by space and architecture, the living spaces of the remaining family members became the focus of this film. I also wanted to make a documentary film with fictional elements and more of a poetic approach, which hopefully speaks to the families instead of stirring up their anger with hard facts. I hope that this is a film which could bring them some measure of peace in relation to their lost loved ones.
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As a winner BIKINI WORDS will now be screened at proceeding Lift-Off global film festival events in Tokyo (in April), Las Vegas (June), Vancouver (August), Los Angeles (September), Amsterdam (October), Singapore (Late October), Sydney (November), and London (December).
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After the short documentary Choa now also Bikini Words has been featured as an Editor's Pick by The Atlantic. Thanks to Nadine Ajaka for showcasing the video!
BIKINI WORDS takes a look at new linguistic developments among factory workers during the industrial expansion of Korea in the 1970s and 80s.
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Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network selects BIKINI WORDS by Nils Clauss to be part of their prestigious line up of true independent cinema at this years Liverpool Lift-Off Film Festival 2016!
BIKINI WORDS was selected out of 1300+ global entrants, to screen at the prestigious Liverpool Lift-Off Film Festival, the only fully accredited film festival in the city.
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BIKINI WORDS focuses on new vocabulary, which evolved amongst factory workers during the rapid industrialisation of South Korea throughout the 1970s and 1980s in order to put names to the radically new aspects of their urbanised lives.
The film will be screened on Thursday 3rd March 2016 from 9:00 to 10:30pm at Small Cinema Liverpool (57-59 Victoria Street, Liverpool, L1 6DE) within the Shorts Programme 1 (Evening of Shorts).
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Coming home from Scotland felt like a bigger culture shock than my arrival to Aberdeen. When I left for the UK I was prepared for things to be different, but I wasn't prepared for that coming home. I wasn't prepared to not recognize part of my hometown due to construction, or how most of my friends had moved away for the summer to work. You romanticize how the food back home will taste, what the weather will be like and how coming home is going to feel. Well to be honest, after moving into a new apartment and starting back at my old job, I want to be travelling again! You expect everything to be the same as how you left it, but it's not because you're not the same anymore. I love my job and my home but I want more adventure! It feels like a step back, and I want to continue going forward. I love my life here, but I loved my life out in Aberdeen just as much and I wasn't ready for it to end. Unfortunately, my wallet told me it was time to come home.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Feb 1, 2005
|Filing date
|Aug 29, 2003
|Priority date
|Aug 29, 2003
|Fee status
|Publication number
|John Golownia, Thomas Rehm
|Original Assignee
|Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (25), Classifications (6), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to motor controls generally, and in particular to a virtual encoder for receiving a velocity input signal and producing a position reference output signal using a software algorithm that achieves system component reduction compared to an implementation solution using conventional physical encoders.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
Rotating motors are typically controlled by a motor drive that receives a desired motor speed signal and, based on the motor speed signal, produces and outputs a torque signal that is applied to the motor. Adjustment of the torque signal based on changes to the desired motor speed signal relative to the actual motor speed ensures that the motor rotates at the desired speed. However, when operating a plurality motors synchronously in an automated system, several factors exist that may cause the position of the motors to deviate from each other even though they are all operating under the same desired motor speed signal. For instance, motor inertia and other losses at each motor are non-uniform, and could cause one motor to drift from the other motors. It would thus be desirable to implement a position feedback loop, whereby the position of each motor is compared to a desired motor position so that the torque output to each individual motor may be adjusted to compensate for motor drifting.
Conventional drive systems include an optical motor encoder that detects and counts the passage of optical marking present on a disk that rotates along with the rotating load during operation. In a system utilizing several synchronous motors, the corresponding encoders are thus able to determine the position of each motor during operation as a function of the number of detected markings.
Accordingly, one possible implementation of a position feedback loop could include a conventional optical encoder in the reference path that is installed as a drive reference encoder. The drive position reference encoder would measure the desired motor speed using the rotation of a mechanical shaft on the encoder, it being appreciated that the encoder shaft would carry optical markings that correspond to the markings present on the rotating motor load. A relationship would thus exist between the passage of optical drive encoder shaft markings and the passage of optical load markings. An optical sensor present on the drive encoder could then sense the position of the shaft as the shaft rotates in response to the desired motor speed signal. Based on the sensed position of the shaft, the drive encoder would output a desired position signal that is used by the motor drive when determining the torque signal output to the motor.
However, it should be appreciated that conventional motor drives are software-based, and that implementing a physical encoder in such a system would be cumbersome and impractical. What is therefore needed is a software-based position reference encoder, that can be integrated into the firmware of an existing motor drive, and that is capable of receiving a desired motor speed signal and outputting a desired motor position signal within a predetermined margin or error.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a motor drive is provided that outputs a torque signal to a motor. The drive includes a signal source outputting a desired motor speed signal. A virtual encoder receives the desired motor speed signal and produces a delta position signal based at least in part on the desired motor speed signal. The virtual encoder outputs a desired position signal that differs from the delta motor position signal by an error that is maintained to a value less than a predetermined integer.
The above aspects of the invention are not intended to define the scope of the invention for which purpose claims are provided. In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and in which there is shown by way of illustration, and not limitation, a preferred embodiment of the invention. Such embodiment does not define the scope of the invention and reference must be made therefore to the claims for this purpose.
Reference is hereby made to the following figures in which like reference numerals correspond to like elements throughout, and in which:
Referring initially to
Signal source 26 may comprise any conventional device capable of receiving an input related to a desired speed of motor rotation. The input can either be manually entered (e.g., via a man machine interface) or can be automatically provided to the signal source 26 via an automated control system. The components of motor drive 24 are programmed in the drive firmware. One such component is a ramp generator 28 that receives the command speed signal 23 from signal source 26, and produces a desired speed signal 25 that transitions, or ramps, up or down to the input command speed signal 23. For instance, ramp generator 28 prevents abrupt changes in the torque command that is input to the motor 22 in order to reduce stress that would be experienced by the motor components if the torque signal were to abruptly change.
During operation, when the command speed signal 23 is applied to ramp generator 28, the ramp generator determines the difference between the current command speed signal and the previous command speed signal. The ramp generator 28 then determines a period of time necessary to transition the desired speed signal 25 to a level corresponding to the command speed signal 23. The desired speed signal 25 may be ramped linearly by the ramp generator 28, or may be ramped hyperbolically or in any other suitable manner that safely transitions motor 22 to the command speed signal 23.
The ramp generator 28 outputs the desired speed signal 25 to both a virtual position encoder 30 and to one input of an addition module 32. Encoder 30 is virtual in that it is programmed in firmware of motor drive 24 and achieves system component reduction compared to conventional encoders. Referring now to
Referring again to
The position regulator signal 33 and the desired speed signal 25 are both output to an addition module 32. The sum 35 of the two signals is sent from the addition module 32 to one input of a speed regulator 38. The other input of the speed regulator 38 is provided by a feedback module 18 that receives and determines the derivative of the actual motor position signal 31 to produce an actual motor speed signal 19. The speed regulator 38 subtracts the actual motor speed signal 19 from the output 35 of addition module 32 to produce a speed regulator output signal 37 whose level corresponds to the difference between sum 35 and actual motor speed signal 19. The speed regulator output signal 37 is output to one of the inputs of an addition module 40. It should thus be appreciated that encoder 36, regulator 38, and adding module 40 provide a net output to motor control module 48 that adjusts the torque input signal 21 based on variations between the actual motor position and the desired motor position.
The other input to addition module 40 is provided by an inertia compensation loop 42, which includes a derivative module 44 that determines the derivative of the desired speed signal 25 output by the ramp generator 28 (ramping rate). A ramp rate signal 39 corresponding to the calculated ramping rate is provided to one input of a multiplier 46. The second input of multiplier 46 receives an inertia coefficient signal 41 related to the inertia of motor 22. The inertia coefficient is multiplied by the ramping rate signal, and the product is output as an inertia compensation signal 43 that is applied to the other input of addition module 40. The addition module 40 adds the inertia compensation signal 43 to the speed regulator output signal 37, and outputs the sum 39 of the two signals to a motor control 48, which converts the input signal 39 to the torque input signal 21 that is applied to motor 22.
Inertia compensation loop 42 recognizes that changes in torque input signals 21 to the motor 22 will be resisted by the inertia of the motor 22, whether spinning or at rest. The inertia compensation signal 43 thus provides an additional signal that counteracts the inherent resistance of motor 22 to changes in speed. It should be appreciated that if the ramp generator 28 outputs decreasing desired speed signals 25, the derivative calculated by module 44 would be negative, thereby reducing the torque input signal 21 that is applied to motor 22.
The desired speed signal 25 and desired position signal 29 are sent to other drives controlling motors that are to be operated synchronously with motor 22. It should be appreciated in this regard that drive 24 is a leader drive that sends signals to a plurality of follower drives. Follower drives include the same components as drive 24 with the exception of ramp generator 28 and virtual encoder 30. The remaining components of the leader and follower drives ensure that all motors operate at the same speed and at the same position, and that adjustments are made to correct position errors when an actual position of a given motor does not equal the desired position of the motor. Accordingly, only one virtual encoder is necessary for a system operating a plurality of synchronous motors.
Operation of the virtual encoder 30 will now be described with reference in particular to FIG. 3. Virtual encoder 30 includes a multiplier 52 that receives the desired speed signal 25 from ramp generator 28 along with the constant scale factor 27 that is determined as a constant number of pulses per motor revolution. Multiplier 52 produces a product of the desired speed signal 25 and constant scale factor that provides a calculated delta position signal 45 expressed as position (or optical clicks) per unit time. The calculated delta position signal 45 is represented as float data, meaning that the data is expressed as a real number or any suitable data type capable of resolving precision to a high number of decimal places, such as tenths, hundreds, thousandths, millionths, etc.
The float data 45 is then sent to a "float to integer" converter 54 that modifies the float data 45 by truncating the float data 45 to the nearest integer to produce an actual position signal 47 represented as an integer. The float data 45 is preferably truncated because and error correction loop 62 will be used to adjust the truncated data, as required. Details of the error correction loop 62 will be described below.
The actual position output signal is sent to a primary accumulator 56 that continuously accumulates integer data, thereby integrating the desired speed signal 25 as a function of the constant scale factor 27. Because only integer numbers may be output by encoder 30 in order to accommodate the resolution of optical markings on motor 22, the calculated delta position signal 45 differs from the actual position signal 47 by a value less than one for any given iteration. However, as calculated delta position signals 45 are constantly updated, the errors may accumulate significantly. In order to compensate for the accumulation of such errors, the virtual encoder 30 includes an error correction loop 62. The desired position signal 29 output by the primary accumulator 56 thus includes both the actual position signal 47 along with an error correction signal 49. Accordingly, the desired position signal 29 is a corrected position signal that maintains the error between the desired position signal 29 and the delta position signal 45 within a predetermined integer, as will now be described.
An error calculation mechanism 63 includes an "integer to float" converter 58 that receives the actual position signal 47 from converter 54. Converter 58 converts the truncated integer to float data having the same floating point precision as the calculated delta position signal 45 output by multiplier 52. The output 51 from converter 58 is subtracted from the delta position signal 45 at subtraction module 60 to produce a difference (error factor) 53 that is less than one in magnitude.
The error factor 53, having a predetermined floating point precision, is output from subtraction module 60 to error correction loop 62, which continuously accumulates error factors and, converts the error factors to integers that is output to primary accumulator 56. In particular, correction loop 62 includes a secondary accumulator 64, which continuously adds error factors 53 output from subtracting module 60, and forwards accumulated error 55 to a "float to integer" converter 66. Accordingly, if the accumulated error 55 is greater than one in magnitude, converter 66 produces the error correction signal 49 as a non-zero integer that is subsequently output to primary accumulator 56 and added to the actual position signal 47. The sum thus output by primary accumulator 56 is the desired position signal 29 that is applied to position regulator 34 as described above. It should be appreciated that the data in primary accumulator 56 does not reset, but rather continuously increases from its previous value as additional desired speed signals 25 are input to multiplier 52.
If the accumulated error 55 output from accumulator 64 is less than one, the error correction signal 49 output by converter 66 is zero, and the desired position signal 29 remains unaffected. However, if the accumulated error 55 is greater than one in magnitude, converter 66 truncates the float data and the error correction signal 49 is expressed as a truncated integer and applied to primary accumulator 56. The error correction signal 49 is then converted to float data via "integer to float" converter 68 having the same floating point precision as the float data output by secondary accumulator 64. The output 57 from converter 68 is subsequently subtracted from the running total in accumulator 64. Accordingly, as the accumulated error 55 accumulates to values greater in magnitude than one, 1) the integer representation of that error appears in the error correction signal 49 that is forwarded to primary accumulator 56 to correct the output of virtual encoder 30 and 2) the total in accumulator 64 is reduced by the floating point representation 57 of the integer error correction 49 that was forwarded to accumulator 56.
The error correction loop 62 preferably operates at a sufficiently high speed such that correction data will be forwarded to accumulator 56 every time the value in secondary accumulator 64 exceeds the value of one. Accordingly, the error in secondary accumulator is constantly maintained less than a predetermined integer that depends on the speed of loop 62.
It should furthermore be appreciated, that the virtual encoder 30 as discussed above, will support operation in both the forward and reverse directions. The desired speed 25 can be either positive or negative in sign, resulting in a corresponding increase or decrease in desired position 29. The math employed in virtual encoder 30 will correctly handle the signed data in both cases.
Advantageously, a software-based virtual encoder 30 outputs a desired position signal 29 that is as accurate as a signal that would be output using a conventional physical encoder. In particular, the encoder outputs a desired position signal 29 that is generally within the one motor position count, or one click. Because 4096 optical markings are typically present on motor 22 that interacts with optical encoder 36, virtual encoder produces the position reference signal within a 1/4096 motor revolution error range. The position reference signal accuracy is maintained over the entire integer number range of desired position 29 by the presence of error correction loop 62.
Furthermore, the software implementation of the above-described algorithm of virtual encoder 30 can be accomplished efficiently. A version of this algorithm can be written in only seven lines of C language source code, as appreciated by one having ordinary skill in the art. The code contains no branch instructions which enhances operation on microprocessors using pipelined architectures.
The above has been described as a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It will occur to those that practice the art that many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In order to apprise the public of the various embodiments that may fall within the scope of the invention, the following claims are made.
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|Sep 29, 2006
|Jul 12, 2007
|Mcmillan Electric Company
|Electric Motor with Adjustable Timing
|Aug 17, 2006
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|Jan 30, 2007
|Jul 31, 2008
|Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
|Resonant frequency identification
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|Goss International Montataire S.A.
|Device for controlling a rotary press
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|U.S. Classification
|318/432, 318/434
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Oct 12, 2004
Owner name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., OHIO
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BANDON, Ore. -Penn men's golfer Max Marsico, a rising sophomore, had a stellar performance at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, which took place at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort from June 27-July 2. Marsico advanced to the 64-player match-play field by finishing tied for sixth after two rounds of stroke play. He then advanced through the first round before falling in 19 holes in the second round.
Marsico started the tournament with a first-round 70, making him one of just four players to break par during that round on the Old MacDonald course at Bandon Dunes. He carded a 74 the following round, which left him in a four-way tie for sixth place and easily qualified him for match play.
Marsico faced off against David Smith, a rising sophomore at South Dakota State, in the first round of match play. Marsico jumped out to an immediate 1-up lead with a birdie on the first hole, went 2-up at the third hole, and was 3-up by the sixth. He never allowed Smith to get back to all-square, although his lead was a precarious 1-up for much of the back nine. However, Marsico birdied No. 17 to win the hole and gain the 2-and-1 victory.
In the second round, Marsico faced T.J. Howe, a 2011 Penn State graduate. It looked like Marsico had this match in control, as he was dormie with just two holes to play. However, Howe birdied both 17 and 18, while Marsico went par on both, putting them all-square at the end of the round. On the first extra hole, Howe shot par while Marsico had a bogey. That eliminated the Quaker from the event.
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Is Haskell Indian Nations University's New Windfall Just The Old TRIO Grant? No, It's Not.
A comment started us thinking: Is Haskell Indian Nations University's new windfall, just the old TRIO grant? The same one it has received for many years?
We looked around to see if an announcement had been put out by President Obama's Team, about Indian schools receiving new monies and found...well …..nothing…..
The TRIO grant is given to schools by the Federal Department of Education , Haskell has received it for the past several years.
If this is what Haskell has just received, then it adds nothing new to their budget and would be an awful way to deceive The Haskell Student Body, The Indian Communities that Haskell Students represent, it's employees and the public as a whole ( including The Lawrence Journal World ).
The TRIO Grant could be used for The "new" Haskell Success Center….but ,isn't that just the old TRIO program with a new name?
Is it the TRIO Grant or isn't it the TRIO Grant?
The question remains, have the current "leaders" at Haskell Indian Nations University tried to pull one over on all concerned?
haskellnews commentary
Sept 30,2010.
We have to add an addendum to this blog, we have found the answer to our question.
This just out from The U.S. Dept of Education: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that 63 grant awards, totaling nearly $53 million, from the American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCU) Program will go to colleges and universities that serve American Indian students. The grant awards will provide funding to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions.
"Reforming Native education has never been more important," Secretary Duncan said. "To do what is best for Native students, we must collaborate with people who know the students and communities. These grants will provide funding to help tribal colleges and universities offer high quality educational opportunities for American Indian students."
And this from The Kansas City Star "We did not apply for this and we didn't know we were getting it," said Stephen Prue, university spokesman. "This was awarded to us based on our track record, on how we have spent other grant money in the past."
Venida Chenault, a university vice president, said on Wednesday that Haskell has a long list of needs and the grant will go a long way to help "enhance the educational experience for our students."
Haskell administrators have until the end of October to develop a plan for spending the money. That plan then has to be approved by the federal education department. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/30/2264499/surprise-grant-gives-haskell-a.html#ixzz119noqoCn
Does Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, follow federal guidelines?
Since Haskell Indian Nations University is a federal school ran by The Bureau of Indian Education, we wonder, are they following federal policy ?
Stephanie Birdwell-Bighorn and her posse ( the usual suspects, Dan Wildcat, Venida Chenault, Stan Holder, Chris Redman and assorted minions ( all of whom can travel on Haskell's program dime) were at Haskell this past week trying to figure out how Haskell could "Give Back" the "Great Outdoors". Say, shouldn't that be "take back?" Maybe the activist VCEM and her think tank group in American Indians Studies should read Cobell v. Salazar ( www.CobellSettlement.com ).
If they want to work on something they should meet and to figure out how to keep Haskell's accreditation since Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute just lost theirs with these folks at the helm. Or maybe figure out what those graduation rates, or lack of, are telling them. Maybe they could figure out that the more unqualified folks you hire? without advertising? the worse that place will get…We know, let's work on a code of ethics for the Board of Regents, who wouldn't meet and vote on it anyway.
Or maybe they should be figuring out what to do about the fact that someone in personnel might be recommending George Tiger's ( for more on George Tiger google: thevoicesofcourage/georgetiger) unqualified friends for jobs?…..or maybe they should figure out how many people are going to get really hurt in those cells they call dorm rooms before the Bureau of Indian Education / Bureau of Indian Affairs gets sued out of existence? Actually, now that we think of it, the faction running Haskell right now has been unable to figure out anything productive to help the school.
What about housing? whoever, is currently in charge of Haskell ( if such a person exists)? needs to check and see if their federal employees ( specifically supervisors) are following federal guidelines? Which state: Federal employees may not solicit a contribution from another employee for a gift to either his own or the other employee's official superior. (b) Or solicit Gifts ( maybe borrowing money or asking for rides )? from employees receiving less pay. ( Link: ecfr.gpoaccess.gov). This could not be happening on the Haskell campus...could it???
With a nine percent graduation rate one might be inclined to think the employees at Haskell should in every way be towing the line right now, which should include following federal policy for their own school.
Thanks Keith Moore and Larry Echohawk for "looking into the situation" at Haskell Indian Nations University.
haskellnews commentary Sept 27, 2010.
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Memphis is a word that divides the design community. There are those who appreciate the 1980s design movement's intellectual rigour and humour, while others see it as bordering on kitsch, with clashing colours and dysfunctional forms. One wit branded it a ''shotgun wedding between Bauhaus and Fisher-Price''.
But with a return to colour, first in fashion, then in our homes, Memphis is finding a new audience - and the prices collectors are prepared to pay are rising, fast.
In the early '80s, transcending all the rules of functionalism and the idea of ''good taste'', Italian architect Ettore Sottsass and his followers, who were predominantly architects, took furniture, lighting, ceramics, and household objects in a new direction. The name of the movement is after a song by Bob Dylan (Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again), playing when a group of architects, including Michele de Lucchi and Marco Zanini, were all sitting around a dining table.
The aesthetic made its way Down Under, with stores such as Esprit in Lygon Street, Carlton, favouring the Memphis style. Georges department store in Collins Street also championed the movement.
Finding Memphis design is proving a challenge for those wanting a piece from the time. David Trimble, owner of Design Dilemmas in Prahran, Melbourne, bought a Tigris vase, designed by Sottsass in 1983, 10 years ago from a nearby market. He knew what he was looking for and handed over $800. It now has a price tag of $2200.
''The dealer I bought it from knew exactly who designed the vase and its rarity,'' Trimble says, holding up the vase that has enough space to hold only a single flower. ''It goes against all the rules of 'good design'. It certainly wasn't popular at the time, at least in Australia. People didn't understand the humour or what each piece was trying to convey,'' he adds. As well as having a strong signature, Trimble points out the masterly approach of this design school. There's a fusion of materials and patterned laminates in the furniture, combined with precious materials such as silver. ''Memphis is getting strong, along with the interest in 1980s architecture,'' Trimble says. ''A lot of the Danish design from the 1950s and '60s is starting to look dated, like the floral settee your grandmother might have had in her formal lounge.''
Andrew Shapiro, managing director of Shapiro Auctioneers in Sydney and Melbourne, sees Memphis designs through his auction rooms regularly (about once a year). ''Our largest sale of Memphis was a couple of years ago. It was a collector, a teacher working on the outskirts of Brisbane. Each year he purchased a piece of Memphis, be it a chair, sideboard, glass or ceramic,'' says Shapiro, who also bought a few Memphis designs from dedece in Sydney, when they decided not to stock it any longer. ''It was quite outrageous for the time. But people are starting to warm to the period, whether it's a three-legged chair or a cartoonish-looking credenza.''
One Memphis design, the ''Totem Pole'' (stacks of shelves), was sold by Shapiro to the Powerhouse Museum for the princely sum of $14,000. Sideboards have changed hands for between $5000 and $10,000, and the Memphis ''First Chair'', designed by Michele de Lucchi (circa 1986), varies in price from $1000 to $1500. One of the most outrageous Memphis designs sold by Shapiro was the ''Beverly'' sideboard by Sottsass. Complete with faux lizard-skin Formica, this sideboard, which sold for $6500, included a diagonal shelf and was adorned with a red light bulb. While the furniture excites Shapiro when it arrives, it's the ceramics and glass from Memphis that delight him the most. ''The vases, such as the Tigris, are extremely sculptural. Each piece is hand blown separately,'' he says. One of the most memorable Memphis interiors for Shapiro is Quay Restaurant, at Sydney's Circular Quay. Designed by architect George Freedman, the restaurant is ablaze with riotous colour. However, according to Shapiro, even one piece of Memphis can change the feel of a room: ''It becomes a talking point.''
Chris Connell, design director of MAP International, has been collecting furniture, lighting, ceramics and objets d'art for 30 years. Among his significant collection are three Memphis designs. There's the ''Tree Tops'' floor lamp, as well as the ''Tahiti'' table lamp, both by Sottsass. Connell also purchased the ''First Chair'' by de Lucchi from the upmarket Figgins Diorama department store in Collins Street as they were closing their doors.
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''A lot of the Memphis furniture isn't even that comfortable,'' he says. ''But it made people question good design. If you buy anything just for value, you're completely missing the point.''
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