Course Highlights
  • This course is designed for engineering students or engineers that want to learn more about the basics of control systems.
Curriculum

4 Topics
Introduction - Time Response of 1st Order Systems
Second Order Systems and Higher Order Systems
Understanding System Response and Using Block Diagrams
Working with Block Diagrams - Block Diagram Reduction

5 Topics
Using Feedback Control with just a simple gain K
Controller Stability
Routh Hurwitz and Steady-State Error
Steady-State Error
Controller Sensitivity

6 Topics
Lecture 10 Notes
Intro to the Root Locus
Root Locus Design (SEE ATTACHED EXAM 1 - SOLUTION IS GIVEN ON NEXT LECTURE)
Root Locus Design of a Proportional-Derivative (PD) Controller (EXAM 1 ANSWERS!)
Root Locus Design of a Proportional-Integral (PI) Controller
PID Control using Root Locus

8 Topics
Understanding Frequency Response
Sketching Bode Plots
Working with Bode Plots
More with Bode Plots (notes only)
Lead and Lag Controller Design
Understanding Time Delay
Understanding Stability in the Frequency Domain
Review of Frequency Domain Topics (EXAM 2 HERE)

11 Topics
Introduction to State Space Systems
State Space and Transfer Function models
Controllability and Observability (Notes only)
State Space Controller Design
Exam 2 Solution and Observer Design
More with Observer Design
Introduction to Digital Control (Notes Only)
Understanding System Response with Digital Systems
Designing Controllers with Digital Systems
Optimal Control
Review of Current Control techniques and research

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Introduction to Control Systems for Engineers

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