These are my notes taken during lectures. Any errors in these notes, then all blames to me and not to the instructor.
| date | day | event |
Topic |
| 1. Sept 3, 2015 | Thursday | First class |
Introduction, Laplace transforms |
| 2. Sept 8, 2015 | Tuesday |
Closed loop and Simulink review |
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| 3. Sept 10, 2015 | Thursday | HW 1 |
Steady state and transient responses, different feedback loops |
| 4. Sept 15, 2015 | Tuesday |
Performance specs, steady state error |
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| 5. Sept 17, 2015 | Thursday |
MIMO matrix of transfer functions, MIMO in a feedback loop. |
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| 6. Sept 22, 2015 | Tuesday | HW 2 |
Armature controlled DC motor with MIMO Example. signal graph |
| 7. Sept 23, 2015 | Wednesday | make up |
Start of signal graph and Mason rule. Mason gain |
| 8. Sept 24, 2015 | Thursday | HW3 |
Mason example, benefits of feedback, non-linear systems |
| 9. Sept 29, 2015 | Tuesday | Exam 1 |
First exam |
| 10. Oct. 1, 2015 | Thursday | No class |
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| 11. Oct. 6, 2015 | Tuesday | Sensitivity |
Sensitivity of transfer function with change of parameters |
| 12. Oct. 8, 2015 | Thursday | Noise rejection |
Design controls to reject noise and disturbances using feedback |
| 13. Oct. 13, 2015 | Tuesday | HW4. Second order |
Noise rejection, second order systems, dominant pole method |
| 14. Oct. 15, 2015 | Thursday | Second order |
More second order, Overshoot and resonance calculations. |
| 15. Oct 20, 2015 | Tuesday | Design for k |
Feedback using user specified time specs for response |
| 16. Oct 22, 2015 | Thursday | Stability/Ruth |
Routh stability table examples, stability, examples |
| 17. Oct 27, 2015 | Tuesday | Root Locus |
Starting on root locus, how \(K\) affect poles locations |
| 18. Oct 29, 2015 | Thursday | Root Locus |
More root locus, more lemmas, up to lemma 4 |
| 19. Nov. 3, 2015 | Tuesday | No lecture |
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| 20. Nov 5, 2915 | Thursday | Root Locus |
Finished Root Locus, all 9 lemmas. Examples given |
| 21. Nov 10, 2015 | Tuesday | Extension Root Locus |
Review mid term 2, started extension root locus (will be on final) |
| 22. Nov 12, 2015 | Thursday | Exam 2 |
Hard exam |
| 23. Nov 17, 2015 | Tuesday | Starting Nyquist |
Started Nyquist. What it does and how to make Nyquist path |
| 24. Nov 19, 2015 | Thursday | More Nyquist |
More Nyquist. 2 examples. Handout given |
| 25. Nov 24, 2015 | Tuesday | More Nyquist |
More Nyquist. Using for stability, gain and phase margins |
| 26. Nov 26, 2015 | Thursday | thanks giving |
No class |
| 27. Dec 1, 2015 | Tuesday | Starting Bode |
Start Bode frequency analysis |
| 28. Dec 4, 2015 | Thursday | More Bode |
More Bode analysis and examples |
| 29. Dec 8,2015 | Tuesday | Bode gain and phase |
Effects of delay on Bode, gain and phase margins. |
| 30. Dec 10,2015 | Thursday | Final exam |
Finals |