ECE 486 Lecture Materials
| Date | Topic | Lecture Materials | Reading |
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| 08/26/2025 | Introduction to feedback control | FPE Ch. 1, Control - A perspective | |
| 08/28/2025 | LTI system modeling; linearization | FPE Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 - 2.4, 7.2 | |
| 09/02/2025 | Time-domain response of LTI systems | FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A | |
| 09/04/2025 | Transfer function; Block diagrams; first-order and second-order system responses | FPE Section 3.3 - 3.4, Lab manual | |
| 09/09/2025 |
Dominant Pole Approximation; Effects of Extra Zeros |
FPE Section 3.2, Lab manual | |
| 09/11/2025 |
State-Space Models |
FPE Sections 3.2, 3.5 - 3.6 | |
| 09/16/2025 |
Summary of Control Design Issues; Open-loop Control; Closed-loop Proportional (P) Control |
FPE Sections 3.4 - 3.6, Lab manual |
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| 09/18/2025 | PI Control; PD Control | ||
| 09/23/2025 | PI Tuning for 1st-Order Systems; PID Tuning for 2nd-Order Systems | ||
| 09/25/2025 |
Integrator Anti-windup; Control Law Implementation |
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| 09/30/2025 |
Routh–Hurwitz criterion for stability; Introduction to Root Locus design method |
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| 10/02/2025 | Root Locus Method | ||
| 10/07/2025 |
Steady-State Sinusoidal Response; Review | ||
| 10/09/2025 |
Midterm I | ||
| 10/14/2025 | Lead & lag dynamic compensation; introduction to frequency-response design method; Bode plots for 1st & 2nd order systems | FPE Section 5.1 - 5.4, Section 6.1 | |
| 10/16/2025 | Bode Plots for General Systems; Nyquist plots | FPE Section 6.1 | |
| 10/21/2025 | Bode Plots for General Systems; Nonminimum-phase zeros; Stability from frequency response | FPE Section 6.1 | |
| 10/23/2025 | Gain & phase margins; Relations between closed- and open-loop specifications; Control design using frequency response | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 10/28/2025 | Control design using frequency response continued; PD & lead | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 10/30/2025 | PD & lead continued; PI & lag | FPE Chapter 6; a paper | |
| 11/04/2025 | PID & lead-lag; encirclement property (argument principle); | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 11/06/2025 | Midterm 2 |
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| 11/11/2025 | Nyquist stability criterion | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 11/13/2025 | Nyquest stabiity criteion; introduction to state-space design | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 11/18/2025 | Canonical forms; controllability; pole-zero cancellations; internal stability; similarity transformation | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 11/20/2025 | Pole placement by full state feedback; | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 12/02/2025 | Reference tracking with full state feedback; observability | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 12/04/2025 | Observer design for state estimation; dynamic output feedback | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 12/09/2025 | Wrap up and in-class discussion |