Engineering project case study
Rhizo PTX Integrated Control Dashboard
An integrated hardware-software dashboard combining PID control, layered safety logic and transistor-based voltage and current switching.
Engineering challenge
The Rhizo PTX iTEK project required a clearer and safer way to operate the complete system. The solution needed to connect newly designed electronic hardware with a software dashboard while supporting closed-loop control and explicit safety behaviour.
My contribution
Integrated dashboard
Developed a new control dashboard that brings the major system controls and operating feedback into one interface.
PID control
Integrated PID control and parameter tuning so the system can respond consistently while remaining understandable to the operator.
Safety logic
Added layered safeguards to make control actions more deliberate and reduce unsafe operating conditions.
Electronic switching
Designed two transistor-controlled switching stages for regulation of the system voltage and current, then mapped their controls into the software interface.
Hardware-software integration
The central value of the project is the integration itself: circuit design, control behaviour and user-interface actions were developed as one system rather than as disconnected components.