Control System Engineering - Summary
Course Overview
Course Code: EEEP3223 | Year 2, Semester 2 | Credits: 5
Focus: Digital Control Systems - Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Control Systems using digital
technology (microcontrollers, computers).
Key Topics
1. Introduction to Digital Control: Focus on closed-loop systems using sensors and error correction.
2. Analog vs. Digital Control: Benefits of digital (accuracy, flexibility, cost).
3. Signal Processing: Sampling (ADC), Reconstruction (DAC), Nyquist Theorem.
4. Laplace & Z-Transforms: Used for analyzing analog and digital systems respectively.
5. Difference Equations: Used in modeling digital system dynamics.
6. Transfer Functions: Describes system response; includes open and closed-loop systems.
7. Discretization Techniques: Forward/Backward Euler, Tustin, etc.
8. Stability Analysis: Using Unit Circle, Routh, Jury, Root Locus, Nyquist, Bode criteria.
Real-World Applications
- Smart medical devices (e.g., insulin pumps)
- Industrial automation and robotics
- Voltage stabilizers and smart irons
- Aerospace and biotechnology
Skills Acquired
- Mathematical modeling using transforms
- System analysis using transfer functions
- Stability evaluation and controller design
- Real-time digital system implementation