Lab VIEW and PID Action-Based Brake
Lever Effect for Validation of Servo
Vacuum Booster
A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson and S. Vinson Joshua
Abstract A servo vacuum, equally termed as power booster or power brake unit,
utilizes vacuum to maximize the pedal action of the drivers and consequently to the
master cylinder. In manufacturing of this equipment, companies have established
several strategies. Such methods are designed to eliminate the potential defects,
failure, or malfunction of the system. Therefore, an effective approach, Laboratory
Virtual Instrumentation Engineers’ Workbench (Lab VIEW) and Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) based real-time verification of servo vacuum booster is built
to avoid failures in component testing in order to exclude components or parts that
do not meet the required or defined requirements. The objective of this work is to
test the servo booster using the already saved standard measures for an effective
servo booster. A Lab VIEW simulation system to track servo vacuum booster output
was developed. The pedaling motion is provided using the servo motor, operated by
means of the control signal from PID controller, in real time to check the vacuum
booster. The checked servo vacuum booster in the specified range is finally ready to
mount in vehicles.
Keywords Lab VIEW · Power booster · PID action
1 Introduction
The evolution of braking systems began with brake heels, which are pressed against
the wheel by a simple wooden block to slow down the vehicle’s speed and its movement. The brake pedal feeling is exclusivity for the driver’s trust and was discussed
by Guan et al. [1]. It is mentioned that the performance of the vacuum booster
occupies a unique place in study of the brake feeling. Because of its competence
A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson (B) · S. Vinson Joshua
ECE Department, School of Electrical and Communication, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala
R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: aselwinmich@veltech.edu.in
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_47
435
Lever Effect for Validation of Servo
Vacuum Booster
A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson and S. Vinson Joshua
Abstract A servo vacuum, equally termed as power booster or power brake unit,
utilizes vacuum to maximize the pedal action of the drivers and consequently to the
master cylinder. In manufacturing of this equipment, companies have established
several strategies. Such methods are designed to eliminate the potential defects,
failure, or malfunction of the system. Therefore, an effective approach, Laboratory
Virtual Instrumentation Engineers’ Workbench (Lab VIEW) and Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) based real-time verification of servo vacuum booster is built
to avoid failures in component testing in order to exclude components or parts that
do not meet the required or defined requirements. The objective of this work is to
test the servo booster using the already saved standard measures for an effective
servo booster. A Lab VIEW simulation system to track servo vacuum booster output
was developed. The pedaling motion is provided using the servo motor, operated by
means of the control signal from PID controller, in real time to check the vacuum
booster. The checked servo vacuum booster in the specified range is finally ready to
mount in vehicles.
Keywords Lab VIEW · Power booster · PID action
1 Introduction
The evolution of braking systems began with brake heels, which are pressed against
the wheel by a simple wooden block to slow down the vehicle’s speed and its movement. The brake pedal feeling is exclusivity for the driver’s trust and was discussed
by Guan et al. [1]. It is mentioned that the performance of the vacuum booster
occupies a unique place in study of the brake feeling. Because of its competence
A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson (B) · S. Vinson Joshua
ECE Department, School of Electrical and Communication, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala
R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: aselwinmich@veltech.edu.in
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license
to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
N. Gascoin and E. Balasubramanian (eds.), Innovative Design, Analysis
and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Lecture Notes
in Mechanical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6619-6_47
435