ECE 486 (Control Systems) - Spring 2020
Lectures
Excluding the lab manual readings, all associated readings are from Franklin, Powell, and Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Prentice Hall.
After each class, lecture notes will be uploaded to Piazza. These can be found under 'Lecture Notes’ here: https://piazza.com/illinois/spring2020/ece486/resources
| Date | Topic | Associated Readings |
Week 1 | Jan. 21 | Introduction to feedback control | Ch. 1 |
| Jan. 23 | State-space models of systems; linearization | Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1–2.4, 7.2, 9.2.1 |
Week 2 | Jan. 28 | Linear systems and their dynamic response | Section 3.1, Appendix A |
| Jan. 30 | Transient and steady-state dynamic response with arbitrary initial conditions | Section 3.1, Appendix A |
Week 3 | Feb. 4 | System modeling diagrams; prototype second-order system | Sections 3.1, 3.2, lab manual |
| Feb. 6 | Transient response specifications | Sections 3.3, 3.14, lab manual |
Week 4 | Feb. 11 | Effect of zeros and extra poles; Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion | Sections 3.5, 3.6 |
| Feb. 13 | Basic properties and benefits of feedback control | Section 4.1, lab manual |
Week 5 | Feb. 18 | Introduction to Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control | Sections 4.1-4.3, lab manual |
| Feb. 20 | Introduction to Root Locus design method | Ch. 5 |
Week 6 | Feb. 25 | Root Locus continued; introduction to dynamic compensation | Ch. 5 |
| Feb. 27 | Midterm 1 | |
Week 7 | Mar. 3 | Lead and lag dynamic compensation | Ch. 5 |
| Mar. 5 | Lead and lag continued; introduction to frequency-response design method | Sections 5.1-5.4, 6.1 |
Week 8 | Mar. 10 | Bode plots for three types of transfer functions | Section 6.1 |
| Mar. 12 | Stability from frequency response; gain and phase margins | Section 6.1 |
| | SPRING BREAK | |
Week 9 | Mar. 24 | Control design using frequency response | Ch. 6 |
| Mar. 26 | Control design using frequency response continued; PI and lag, PID and lead-lag | Ch. 6 |
Week 10 | Mar. 31 | Nyquist stability criterion | Ch. 6 |
| Apr. 2 | Nyquist stability criterion continued; gain and phase margins from Nyquist plots | Ch. 6 |
Week 11 | Apr. 7 | Introduction to state-space design | Ch. 7 |
| Apr. 9 | Controllability, stability, and pole-zero cancellations; similarity transformation; conversion of controllable systems to Controller Canonical Form | Ch. 7 |
Week 12 | Apr. 14 | In-class review | Ch. 7 |
| Apr. 16 | *Midterm 2* | |
Week 13 | Apr. 21 | Pole placement by full state feedback, observer design for state estimation | Ch. 7 |
| Apr. 23 | Observer design for state estimation | Ch. 7 |
Week 14 | Apr. 28 | Dynamic output feedback continued | Ch. 7 |
| Apr. 30 | Midterm 2 | Ch. 7 |
Week 15 | May 5 | In-class review | |
| | END OF LECTURES | |
Final | Monday, May 11, 7pm – 10 pm | Final Exam | ECE 3017
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Additional materials
Lecture notes from previous iterations of the course can be found at the link below. The slides are created by Professors Raginsky and Liberzon. However, the material covered and notation used may vary. Students enrolled in Spring 2020 are responsible for material covered in lecture and the lecture notes above. There is no guarantee the slides below form an accurate surrogate.
https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece486/fa2019/lectures/
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