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Control Systems Basics

The document provides an overview of control systems, detailing their types (open loop and closed loop) and key concepts such as transfer functions, time domain analysis, and system stability. It discusses methods for analyzing system behavior in both time and frequency domains, including tools like Bode and Nyquist plots. Additionally, it covers block diagram reduction, signal flow graphs, and various types of controllers and compensators used to enhance system performance.

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Control Systems Basics

The document provides an overview of control systems, detailing their types (open loop and closed loop) and key concepts such as transfer functions, time domain analysis, and system stability. It discusses methods for analyzing system behavior in both time and frequency domains, including tools like Bode and Nyquist plots. Additionally, it covers block diagram reduction, signal flow graphs, and various types of controllers and compensators used to enhance system performance.

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Control Systems - Basics & Important Concepts

1. Introduction to Control Systems

- A Control System is a system that manages, commands, directs or regulates the behavior of other
devices or systems.
- Types: Open Loop and Closed Loop Systems.
- Open Loop: No feedback (e.g., toaster).
- Closed Loop: Uses feedback to control system output (e.g., air conditioner with thermostat).

2. Transfer Function

- Transfer Function = Laplace Transform of Output / Laplace Transform of Input (with zero initial
conditions).
- Represents system dynamics in the s-domain.
- Used to analyze stability, frequency, and time response.

3. Time Domain Analysis

- Used to study system response over time.


- Important parameters: Rise Time, Peak Time, Maximum Overshoot, Settling Time, Steady-State
Error.
- First and Second Order System responses are commonly analyzed.

4. Stability of Systems

- A system is stable if its output remains bounded for a bounded input.


- Routh-Hurwitz Criterion is used to determine system stability without solving differential equations.
- All poles of the transfer function must lie in the left half of the s-plane for stability.

5. Frequency Domain Analysis

- Analyzes system behavior using sinusoidal inputs.


- Tools: Bode Plot, Nyquist Plot, and Nichols Chart.
- Important concepts: Gain Margin, Phase Margin, Bandwidth.

6. Block Diagram Reduction

- Simplifies complex systems into a single transfer function.


- Use block diagram algebra and rules (series, parallel, feedback loops).

7. Signal Flow Graphs

- Graphical representation of system equations.


- Use Mason's Gain Formula to find overall transfer function.

8. Controllers and Compensators

- Common types: P, PI, PD, PID controllers.


- Used to improve system performance (stability, speed, accuracy).

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