ECE 486 Lecture Materials
| Date | Topic | Lecture Materials | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/21/2025 | Introduction to feedback control | FPE Ch. 1, Control - A perspective | |
| 01/23/2025 | LTI system modeling; linearization | FPE Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 - 2.4, 7.2 | |
| 01/28/2025 | Dynamic response of LTI systems; Laplace transform review | FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A | |
| 01/30/2025 | Transfer function; Transient and steady-state response of LTI systems | FPE Section 3.3 - 3.4, Lab manual | |
| 02/04/2025 |
Transient and steady-state response of LTI systems, transfer functions for causal LTI systems described by ODEs, prototype second order systems |
FPE Section 3.2, Lab manual | |
| 02/06/2025 |
Transient and steady-state response of LTI systems with non-zero initial conditions, DC gain and the final value theorem; system modeling diagrams; interconnections |
FPE Sections 3.2, 3.5 - 3.6 | |
| 02/11/2025 |
Time-domain performance specifications; effect of zeros & extra poles |
FPE Sections 3.4 - 3.6, Lab manual |
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| 02/13/2025 | BIBO stability; Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion |
FPE Sections 4.2 - 4.3, Lab manual |
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| 02/18/2025 | Basic properties & benefits of feedback control |
A FPE Sections 4.2 - 4.3, Lab manual |
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| 02/20/2025 |
Introduction to Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control; Windup, saturation, etc |
A relatively recent survey FPE Section 4.2 - 4.3, Section 9.3.1 |
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| 02/25/2025 |
Introduction to Root Locus design method (rules 1, 2, and 3) |
FPE Chapter 5 | |
| 02/27/2025 | Root Locus continued (rules 4, 5, and 6) | FPE Chapter 5 | |
| 03/04/2025 |
Root Locus Examples; introduction to lead & lag dynamic compensation | FPE Chapter 5 | |
| 03/11/2025 | 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 | |
| 03/13/2025 | Bode Plots for General Systems; Nyquist plots | FPE Section 6.1 | |
| 03/25.2025 | Bode Plots for General Systems; Nonminimum-phase zeros; Stability from frequency response | FPE Section 6.1 | |
| 03/27/2025 | Gain & phase margins; Relations between closed- and open-loop specifications; Control design using frequency response | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 04/012025 | Control design using frequency response continued; PD & lead | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 04/03/2025 | PD & lead continued; PI & lag | FPE Chapter 6; a paper | |
| 04/08/2025 | PID & lead-lag; encirclement property (argument principle); | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 04/15/2025 | Nyquist stability criterion | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 04/17/2025 | Nyquest stabiity criteion; introduction to state-space design | FPE Chapter 6 | |
| 04/22/2025 | Canonical forms; controllability; pole-zero cancellations; internal stability; similarity transformation | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 04/24/2025 | Pole placement by full state feedback; | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 04/29/2025 | Reference tracking with full state feedback; observability | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 05/01/2025 | Observer design for state estimation; dynamic output feedback | FPE Chapter 7 | |
| 05/06/2025 | Wrap up and in-class discussion |