Quick Note on the Tachometer RPM

I just wanted to note that in the data files (in ours, at least), even though the column heading says "tachometer (RPM)", it is NOT in RPM; it's in V. You can convert it to RPM by multiplying by the Tachometer Gain (310 RPM/V).

Also, our PID controller data files have the labels "Target Speed, R (RPM)" and "Proportional Gain, Kp" switched, so watch out for that as well. It shouldn't really matter and it's easy to tell they are switched - but I thought our group had screwed up the input into the program at first, so it might be nice just to note it for anyone else wondering.

You are correct about the PID output files...that is a mistake in the LabVIEW VI code that is saving the data to a text file. I posted a sticky about this earlier this evening as another student caught this as well.

And yes, it's not just your data file...all the text files have the tach column listed as a voltage that will need to be converted into an RPM using the Tach Gain of 310 RPM/V.