• Note:
• Quizzes on Wednesdays - the first day of each weekly segment in bold red
• Problems due on Mondays - the last day of each weekly segment in bold green
• Week 1 (Aug 24, 26, 29)
• A General Introduction to Control Systems.
• An Introduction to System Identification - Reference for work in lab.  Do not do the home problems in this segment.
• Week 2 (Aug 31, Sept 2, 5) - Proportional Control Systems + Intro to Root Locus
• Week 3 (Sept 7, 9, 12) - The Root Locus - Part 1 - What is the Root Locus?
• Week 4 (Sept 14, 16, 19) - The Root Locus - Part 2 - How do you use the Root Locus?
• Week 5 (Sept 21, 23, 26) - The Root Locus - Part 3 - A more advanced problem - And an Introduction to Sampled Systems starting with Z-Transforms
• Week 6 (Sept 28, Sept 30, Oct 3) - Sampled Systems/Z-Transforms
• Week 7 (Oct 5, 7, 10) - Nyquist Plots
• Week 8 (Oct 12, 14, 17) - Nyquist Stability Criterion -
• Week 9 (Oct 19, 21, 24) - Phase Margin
• Week 10 (Oct 26, 28, 31) - Phase Margin Using Bode' Plots
• Week 11 (Nov 2, 4, 7) - Compensation - Frequency Response Based
• Week 12 (Nov 9, 11, 14) - Compensation - Root Locus Based
• Week 13 (Nov 16, 18, 21) - Sampled Compensators
• Week 14 (Nov 28, 30, Dec 2, 5) -
• Links: General Introduction to Control SystemsSystem Identification, Proportional Control Systems, Root Locus - What is it?,  How do you use it?, Phase Margin, Sampled Systems - 1,2.

• Topics
• Getting Acquainted with Control Systems - Introductory Lesson
• Background material on second order systems.
• Problems (for hand in, due Monday)
• Introductory Problems
• Lab Work
• System Identification Laboratory/Intro
• Readings (Print these)
• Getting Acquainted with Control Systems - Introductory Lesson
• A short note on Control Systems (ON-OFF)
• A short note on Proportional Control Systems (Steady State Only)
• A short note on Proportional Control Systems implemented Digitally
• A short note on Closed Loop Dynamics (First Order Systems Only)
• A short note on Closed Loop Dyanamics in Digital Control Systems (First Order Systems Only)
• General Readings
• Background material on first order systems
• Background material on second order systems
• Class Notes
• Objectives

Study Guide - Proportional Control Systems - Root Locus Introduction

• Topics
• An Introduction to Proportional Control Systems and Root Locus
• Problems
• Introductory Problems - Proportional Control/Root Locus
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print these)
• An Introduction to the Root Locus
• An Introcution to Closed Loop Systems
• An Introduction to Proportional Control Systems
• General Readings
• Proportional Control Systems
• Second Order System Dynamics
• Class notes
• Objectives

Study Guide - Root Locus

• Topics
• Root Locus
• Problems
• Root Locus for 3rd Order Systems
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print these)
• The Effect of Pole Location on Second Order Response
• The Root Locus Rules
• General Readings
• Second Order System Dynamics
• Root Locus
• Class notes
• Objectives

Study Guide - Introduction to System Identification

• Topics
• Background material on first order systems.
• Background material on second order systems.
• Getting a transfer function from time-response data.
• Other methods of getting a system model.
• Problems
• Getting the transfer function of the first helicopter - Using a helicopter simulation to get the step response of the system, providing data for you to use.
• Getting the transfer function of the second helicopter -
• Lab Work
• System Identification Laboratory/Intro
• Readings (Print these)
• A Map of an Identification Algorithm
• General Readings
• Background material on first order systems
• Background material on second order systems
• Class Notes

Objectives

• Topics
• Using the Root Locus
• Problems
• Using the Root Locus - Lunar Lander - 1
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print these)
• Using the Root Locus
• General Readings
• Root Locus
• Class notes
• Objectives

Study Guide - Using the Root Locus - 3

• Topics
• Using the Root Locus - Lunar Lander - 2
• Problems
• Using the Root Locus - This extends

Study Guide - Sampled Systems - 1

• Topics
• An Introduction to Z-Transforms
• Problems
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print these)
• An Introduction to Sampled Control Systems
• An Introduction to the Dynamics of Sampled Control Systems
• General Readings
• An Introduction to Z-Transforms
• Transfer Functions in the Z-Domain
• Class notes
• Objectives

• Topics
• An Introduction to Nyquist Plots, What they are, What they look like
• Readings
• Problems
• Interactive Problem/Calculator
• General Readings
• An Introduction to Nyquist Plots
• Readings (Print These for future reference)
• A Note on Nyquist Plots - A summary of salient points about Nyquist plots

• Topics
• An Introduction to Bode' Plots, What they are, What they look like
• Readings
• Problems
• Interactive Problem/Calculator
• General Readings
• An Introduction to Bode Plots
• Class Notes & Class Material
• Bode' Plot Features - Semi Notes
• Bode' Plot Examples -

• Topics
• The Nyquist Stability Criterion
• Readings
• The Nyquist Stability Criterion
• Problems
• Problem Nyquist 2P03
• Problem Nyquist 2P05
• Problem Nyquist 4P07 - Longer Problem, but start it now.
• General Readings
• An Introduction to Nyquist Plots
• Class Notes

• Topics
• Problems - for other problems see the Study Guide
• Nyquist4PhaseMarginP01Int - Interactive Problem
• Nyquist4PhaseMarginP02Int - Interactive Problem
• Quiz + Problem on Bode' Plot analysis of Nyquist Stability
• Phase margin for op-amp circuits.
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print These)
• Getting the phase margin - an example
• Phase Margin from Bode' plots.
• An example system - An Operational Amplifier Circuit.
• General Readings
• Relative Stability

• Class notes
• Objectives

Study Guide - Compensation (Frequency Domain)

• Topics
• Problems - for other problems see the Study Guide
• Problem 4P08
• Rework of Quiz 11
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print These)
• Phase Margin Summary
• Getting the phase margin - an example
• Estimating Closed Loop Bandwidth and Response Time from Open Loop Frequency Response data.
• General Readings
• Lag Compensators
• Lead Compensators
• Phase Margin
• Class notes
• Objectives

Study Guide - Compensation (Time Domain - Root Locus)

• Topics
• Problems - for other problems see the Study Guide
• Car Steering
• Readings (Print These)
• General Readings
• Using Root Locus Techniques for Compensation
• Class notes
• Objectives

 

• Topics
• Problems - for other problems see the Study Guide
• Lab Work
• Readings (Print These)
• General Readings
• Class notes

Objectives