Table Of Contents - Basic Concepts

• Getting Started
• Control Systems Introduction
• Introduction to Control Systems
• Note on ON-OFF Control
• Note on Block Diagrams
• Note on Proportional Control
• Note on a Digital Control Loop
• The Effect of Feedback on the Time Constant in Proportional Control of a First Order System
• Proportional Control
• Proportional Control Case Study
• First Order Proportional Control System Simulator
• Integral Control
• Fuzzy Control
• Implementing Control Systems
• A Note on Implementing Control Systems in LabVIEW
• Background from Linear Systems - Transforms
• Laplace Transforms
• Introduction
• Application To Systems - Transfer Functions
• Z Transforms
• Introduction
• Application To Systems - Transfer Functions
• Time Response
• 1st Order Step and Impulse Response
• Summary of First Order System Properties
• Time Constants
• 2nd Order Step and Impulse Response
• The Effect of Pole Location on Second Order Response
• System Models
• Introduction
• Transfer Function Models
• Block Diagram Models
• Getting Models/System Identification
• An Introduction to System Identification
• Using Fundamental Physical Laws
• Frequency Response Methods
• Time Response Methods
• Al Dente's Oven
• Problems
• FFT Methods
• Fourier Series
• Getting Models Using FFT Methods
• Transfer Functions
• First Order Systems
• Second Order Systems
• State Models
• Frequency Response
• Introduction
• Of Systems
• Bode Plots
• Bode Plot Generator
• Nyquist Plots
• Miscellaneous
• Block Diagrams