Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yurkovich 3/05

557 Control, Signals, and Systems Laboratory

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Laboratory study of signal processing, control systems and their components, computer-controlled instrumentation,

sampled data systems, analog and digital control.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Su, Au, Wi Qtrs. 2 U G 1 cl, 1 3-hr lab.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq or concur: 551.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Laplace transforms, Z-transforms, stability, transfer functions, sampling, signals, systems.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

758

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

Control Systems Technology Lab, 2003 Yurkovich and Abiakel Pearson Custom Publishing

ISBN: 0-536-80757-4

References (supplemental reading)

[1] The Student Edition of MATLAB, by The Math Works Inc., Prentice Hall, 1992.

[2] Modern Control Engineering, 3rd Ed., by K. Ogata, Prentice Hall, 1997.

[3] Computational Aids in Control Systems Using MATLAB, by H. Saadat, McGraw-Hill 1993.

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Utilization of real-world plants for computer control (Criteria 3(a),(b),(k)).

2. Introduction of concepts from sampled-data systems and digital control (Criteria 3(a),(e)).

3. Implementation of design with accompanying analysis (Criteria 3(a),(c),(e),(k)).

4. Promote (interdisciplinary) team efforts via working with lab partner(s) (Criterion 3(d),(g)).

5. Improve written communication skills through laboratory and project reports (Criterion 3(g)).

6. Use of a commercially available software package (Matlab) for computer-aided analysis and design (Criterion 3(c),(k)).

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

Instrumentation and Software (4)

Analog Simulation (4)

Gain Compensation and Feedback (4)

Lag Compensation (4)

Lead Compensation (4)

Compensation for Sampled Data Systems (4)

Tuning an Analog PID Controller (4)

Tuning a Digital PID Controller (4)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

1 cl, 1 3-hr lab.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:17 AM

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