Activity No.

6
Block Diagram Reduction
ECEM427Lab-GEN41-2ND SEMESTER S/Y 2016-2017

Date: February 20, 2017 ARGAYOSO, KIM S. Engr. ANACLETO CASIMIRO,

4 BS ECE Instructor
Objectives
The student should be able to use the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module (CD Draw,
CD Construct, CD Series, and CD Feedback) to obtain an equivalent transfer function for the given block
diagrams below.

Lab Proper

BLOCK DIAGRAM

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

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Observation/Analysis
In the chapter discussed inside the classroom, weve been working with individual subsystems

represented by a block with its input and output. However in this activity, we are not just dealing with simple

systems but rather we deal with complicated systems represented by interconnection of many subsystem. The

very goal of this activity is that we wanted to represent multiple subsystems as a single transfer function since

the response of a single transfer function can be computed. We can then apply several functionalities of

LabVIEW (CD Feedback, CD Series, CD Parallel) to obtain transient response information about the entire

system. Let me give you a brief background of some of the Model Interconnection VIs that Ive used.

Model Interconnection VIs perform

deifferet types of linear system

interconnections. It can build a large system

model by connecting smaller system models.

CD Feedback VI connects two linear models

in feedback configuration. Simple wire data to Model 1 and Model 2 inputs to determine the desired result. CD

Series VI connects two linear models in series while CD Parallel VI connects two linear models in parallel.

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Conclusion
Digesting everything in this activity, we learned on how to examine the equivalence of several block

diagram configurations containing signals, systems, summing junctions, and pickoff points. These

configurations were the cascade/series, parallel, and feedback forms. During the process of block diagram

reduction, we attempted to produce these easily recognized forms and then reduced the block diagram to a

single transfer function using some of the Model Interconnection VIs.

On the middle of performing the activity, I was confused to whether use CD Parallel because the

instruction clearly states the use of CD Feedback and CD Series only. Probably the instruction was to reduce

first the block diagrams using the analytical techniques so that it would appear a little less to the point that we

are only going to use CD Feedback and CD Series. Nonetheless, it would be burdensome on our part to do

such process so instead of taking the rough road we used CD Parallel to obtain a sound or error-free result.

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