Learning systems base don student project oriented to the solution of real problems have proved to be efficient in the different educational levels. The use of electronic devices, as sensors and actuators, for automatic control is an important field in the electrical engineering curricula that in involves many aspects. In particular the interplay of automatic control issues within the enclosing application. The subject of automatic control is often presented to the student as a rather theoretical discipline. Novel laboratory applications have been proposed as a means to grasp the interest of students. This paper presents a high-performance linear actuator for positioning control experiments to be used in control and electronic instrumentation subjects. The laboratory set-up and the educative experiments are described with some detail showing its possibilities for different engineering courses.
